Re:San Diego Implemented City-Wide Streetlight Surveillance
by imtringued on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @06:45AM
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"Benevolent dictatorships" only last until the term of the politician is over. The successors didn't make any promises to not use the surveillance system to the fullest extent possible and therefore at least one of them will.
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Re:San Diego Implemented City-Wide Streetlight Surveillance
by yellowapple on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:38PM
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This is, mind you, the exact reason why I tend to be averse to the notion that we should habitually make exceptions to things like freedom of speech/expression, freedom of religion, "states' rights", etc.; they always sound great when your party is the one in power, but when (not if) that changes, you've now handed your opposition the means to more heavily oppress you.