Re:The Fantasy of Opting Out
by marshmallow_12 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:47PM
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imho Western Democracy is too strong and data gathering is too weak to make this an immediate concern. even if democracy unravels and the tech matures it may well be less potent and/or effective than feared. A far more pressing concern is a large data breach, which is possible and probable.
We know for a fact that government agencies misbehave. Imagine McCarthy's America, but with the ability to programatically crawl your every movement and spoken word. _That's_ the nightmare scenario.