The surveilled society: Who is watching you and how

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199 points billybuckwheat | 1 comments | 11 Aug 24 00:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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xrd ◴[11 Aug 24 04:15 UTC] No.41213941[source]▶

Is there really anything to do? Everyone is constantly uploading photos of my kids to Instagram and that's generating the same surveillance dragnet all these other things are building.

I don't see a way to opt-out without plastic surgery.

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Gigachad ◴[11 Aug 24 04:30 UTC] No.41213999[source]▶

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Individual action will never do anything on this. It has to come from privacy laws, the GDPR was a good step, but we need to go further.

Make storing personal data like storing hazardous material. Something you absolutely avoid if possible, and treat with extreme care when you absolutely must store it.

Unfortunately the users of this site would rather tell you to move to the woods, go off grid, and paint dazzle camouflage on your face before admitting that a solution has to come from society rather than the individual.

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1. Lerc ◴[11 Aug 24 06:48 UTC] No.41214412[source]▶

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It's worth noting that this article is from New Zealand which has a privacy act that offers a degree of protection.

https://www.privacy.org.nz/privacy-act-2020/privacy-principl...

The concern is (as always) when the law is not adhered to by those tasked with enforcing it.

I'm tired of hearing minimizing language like "Police now admit their actions were not consistent with the law" and that being the end of the matter.

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