Having watched Naza recently, for me, really drove home the real risks associated with data over collection by big tech / government. Seeing the very real connection between mobile phone telemetry data, and military strikes carried out during a genocide, is one of the extreme risks that can occur from such practices. I imagine similar programs/approaches are used by organisations such as ICE.
Government collects excessive information on people under the auspices of “risk management/mitigation” already. Building a system where they can see things like “Did they buy plan B?” feels like a really bad idea, unless there’s a really, really fucking good reason for the government and big tech to know that information. And by really good reason, I’d say it’d need to be demonstrably saving lives somehow, given the potential negatives.
Having watched Naza recently, for me, really drove home the real risks associated with data over collection by big tech / government. Seeing the very real connection between mobile phone telemetry data, and military strikes carried out during a genocide, is one of the extreme risks that can occur from such practices. I imagine similar programs/approaches are used by organisations such as ICE.
Government collects excessive information on people under the auspices of “risk management/mitigation” already. Building a system where they can see things like “Did they buy plan B?” feels like a really bad idea, unless there’s a really, really fucking good reason for the government and big tech to know that information. And by really good reason, I’d say it’d need to be demonstrably saving lives somehow, given the potential negatives.