Comment by MichaelZuo
3 years ago
Is there an internally consistent reason for why that's bad?
Because every argument I've seen along those lines fall apart after drilling down a few layers.
3 years ago
Is there an internally consistent reason for why that's bad?
Because every argument I've seen along those lines fall apart after drilling down a few layers.
There's a video of a panel with Moxie Marlinspike who says something along the lines that there is value in being able to break the law. It's how society evolves. Complete surveillance means no broken laws, means a relatively static society.
This was also mentioned as a theme in passing in a sci-fi book I read. One of the trends across civilisations was that some would become total surveillance states, and they always failed because they stopped progressing at that point.
99% of what I do in public should be immediately forgotten or only available by interviewing the specific people that were there, while they still remember. It shouldn't be possible to passively profile me and everyone else by putting cameras all over.