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A lot of people are uncomfortable with mass surveillance but there seems to be an unstoppable wave to implement it. Same with climate change. A lot of people want to do “something” but there s no will to really change things so we will just deal with the consequences in the future.

Get ready for a mix between 1984 and Brave New World.

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Most Americans support security cameras in public places:

>The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of American Adults oppose the use of surveillance and security cameras in public places. Seventy percent (70%) support the use of such cameras. Eleven percent (11%) are undecided.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/gene...

Not to be glib, but... that uncomfortable feeling you get when reading about this kind of stuff?

This is exactly why the GDPR was written into law in the EU.

I am all for GDPR. I am not sure if GDPR will stop the trend towards surveillance though.

Not to be glib, but going to your job is what is measured, and taken implicitly as approval for it all.

In the end it underlies their motives for finding ways to normalize the public to the social march we’ve been tapping our toes to: shuffling along to their businesses, propping up their immense gains.

Stop giving deference to aristocratic rhetoric if you actually care.

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