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Re:China's social network surveillance databases are apparen... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Monday March 04, 2019 @04:37AM (#19299967)
> partly offsetting its crime reduction benefits

No, potentially outweighing them. There is no reason to think surveillance cannot enable more crime than it solves, and the more surveillance you have the more likely that gets.

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Re:China's social network surveillance databases are apparen... by _cs2017_ on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:54PM (#19307964)
Possibly.

Although if I have to guess, the new crimes it enables are less destructive than the ones it catches. As an example, a mugger has a risk of killing or seriously injuring the person. On the other hand, someone who steals surveillance data for blackmail purposes will not cause nearly as much harm.

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