Re:London's Oyster card: Are its days numbered?
by spoonjim on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:18PM
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With credit card payment, facial recognition, cell phone GPS tracking, etc. I think they can connect you to the trip even if you used Oyster. And if they're taking photographs of the currency that ATM machines are spitting out (easily possible) there's nothing to suggest that they can't track cash transactions as well.
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Re:London's Oyster card: Are its days numbered?
by milderworkacc on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:30PM
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My thinking has always been that yes, targeted surveillance of a target in public is easy, but is it “every trip in a searchable database” easy? Facial recognition is the one here that actually does make it that easy, hence my strong opposition to it!
Re:London's Oyster card: Are its days numbered?
by bserge on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:26PM
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With enough effort, anything is possible. When it comes to hiding from authorities (or anyone, really), it's only a matter of putting up more roadblocks than they're willing to overcome.
They're human, too. Often dumb, most often uninterested and lazy. And everyone gives up at some point.