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Taxis, busses, and trains are all private spaces with cameras in them. Public infrastructure has been run by private companies for a long time.
by alt227 4d ago
Taxis, busses, and trains are all private spaces with cameras in them.
Public infrastructure has been run by private companies for a long time.
- kennywinker 4d agoYes. And the use of cameras has traditionally been: if something happens, there is a record that can be consulted. That has changed. Networked cameras and AI means that cameras can be constantly monitored: license plates logged and mapped in realtime, faces scanned and profiled, symbols and objects detected. I have no problem with calling the cops on someone with a gun. But that same kind of tech can (and has already been) seamlessly be turned on protestors, journalists, political opponents, union organizers, and ex girlfriends.
- luckydata 4d agoa taxi driver will call the police if you do anything stupid inside them, usually after dropping you in the middle of the street, your argument doesn't hold any water.
- kennywinker 4d agoYes. Totally. Will a taxi driver call the police to let them know where I was if I am a journalist on my way to meet a source? Networked cameras with ai monitoring is begging for totalitarian oppression. A cabby calling the cops because I did something shitty in their cab is not.