Re:Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data
by kodah on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:31PM
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The UK has cameras on every block that are staffed by a person watching them. I'm not usually a betting man, but I'd bet they're going to toss this job to software one day and every other nation that lags behind them as a surveillance or nanny state will attempt to follow suit.
Re:Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data
by hughrr on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:46AM
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No we don’t. 80% of the cameras out there in your statistic don’t actually exist. From what remains, 25% are dummies, 25% don’t work, 25% are potato quality and what remains are staffed by people who aren’t even paying attention.
It’s a typical British implementation of surveillance. The only winners are CCTV installers.
Re:Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data
by kodah on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:45PM
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"every block" was a bit of hyperbole, but any American would be shocked at this visibility and acceptance of these kind of cameras. You can argue that the quality makes them ineffective right now but that can be iterated on, especially as cost is reduced. I don't think it's an unreasonable thing to express a good deal of concern over.
Re:Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data
by liberalbias998 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:46AM
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Long may our governments be hopelessly incompetent.
Re:Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data
by baybal2 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:29AM
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> "targeted surveillance as a service"
Is it just a commercial service in the first place? Or a deniability cover for Israeli spy agencies?
Remember, every pegasos hit was cleared by Israeli cabinet as a "weapon export"
News articles talking about the massive aggregation of data come up every now and then, but I don't think the general public understands it well enough to be angry let alone scared. They may not have a name to a face, but guaranteed if you've been in a public place in the past few years, there's a record somewhere that you were there.
What may be more frightening is that it's untargeted