More like 30 years ago when I got my first webcam and have been deeply considering today's exact scenario, along with many alternatives ever since.

Had nothing to do with any regulations though, actually didn't want to give anybody any ideas either way.

There were so many better things to do back then, and now even more variety of opportunities although not every "ecosystem" turns out to be a net positive if you're not careful.

1984 was written in 1949, that feels like a reasonable prediction of Flock a lot longer than 20 years ago

The history of human civilization is quite telling, no?

The EU heavily regulates this specifically in the, here infamous, "AI regulations" .

Though GDPR would also ban this probably.