Re:Larry Ellison: vast AI surveillance can ensure citizens a...
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 25, 2025 @06:34PM
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> they've been doing it since the 60s when kidnap and ransom insurance started being a serious thing
Private security has been a thing for millenia!
Many ultra-high-net-worth individuals hire them. It's no secret, they've been doing it since the 60s when kidnap and ransom insurance started being a serious thing, and it's only intensified over time. There was an interesting "bolt hole" real estate listing that claimed years supply of food, water, housing etc. for a "company sized group of security contractors" as an amenity.
[1] G4S, the largest PMC company, founded in 1957