Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr...
by 988747 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @05:00PM
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>> The car can report to police silently, that's fine.
No, it should not do even that. You are making an assumption here that police/government always have good intentions.
What society needs is kind of power balance: law enforcement being able to catch 98% of criminals is a noble goal, but pushing that number up to 100% is not possible in democratic society, it requires totalitarian control. That's why we need to make a choice here and oppose surveillance, event if it seems well intentioned.
Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr...
by itisit on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @05:38PM
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This is basically the point I was trying to provoke. We forfeit a good bit of our privacy and autonomy with these technologies. Rather disgusting how convenience always wins.
No, it should not do even that. You are making an assumption here that police/government always have good intentions.
What society needs is kind of power balance: law enforcement being able to catch 98% of criminals is a noble goal, but pushing that number up to 100% is not possible in democratic society, it requires totalitarian control. That's why we need to make a choice here and oppose surveillance, event if it seems well intentioned.