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I don't think that people will be leaving their houses much in 50 years, assuming we still have "people" and "houses". The singularity is on the horizon and we are running full-speed toward it.

Please... These people know exactly what they are doing. The internet is a lot of things, and one of those things is a tool for mass surveillance. It's always, always been about power and money.

What if the terrorists were intelligence agencies? How would we stop them?

The threat of terror gives power to the State. Power seeks more power. The State does not erode freedoms in support of safety. The State erodes freedoms to achieve more power. Terror is the excuse. It is the State's greatest tool.

Not to worry. All the fluoride they're intentionally doping the water supply with just fluoridates your insides to give you a forever body. Just kidding. It goes from the stomach into the bloodstream and straight up into your teeth to fortify them and give you forever teeth.

> What if my kids who are under 18 are with me? How does that work?

Exactly the same? They'll gleefully monetize all personal data they accrue, which is standard practice for any data-gathering effort. It doesn't matter if the slope is slippery. The terms and conditions will promise they'll act in good faith (unless compelled otherwise). They'll share data with third parties to improve user experience. The intelligence agencies will be delighted. The obliteration of privacy has been normalized. Most people have been trained not to care.

'Later that month, Ann Cavoukian, the former privacy commissioner of Ontario, also resigned. “I imagined us creating a Smart City of Privacy, as opposed to a Smart City of Surveillance,” she wrote in her resignation letter'.

"Smart City of Privacy"? How quaint. That's from the "privacy commissioner", the resident "privacy professional". Well, she didn't quite like how the project was shaping up, so rather than attempting to steer it properly, she simply abandoned her post and washed her hands of any responsibility, so they can go ahead and employ someone else who greenlights every insidious decision that will be implemented. These people serve the public by quitting their jobs when they don't like what's happening.

The cities we have are already retrofitted to be "smart". Have you looked around lately when you go outside? There are innumerable devices in plain sight littering the landscape, watching you and tracking your phone - your location, your associations, your contacts, your interests, your movements - recorded, catalogued, processed, stored and retrievable indefinitely to serve the whim of the controllers.