Amazon, Facebook, ICE, and FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network
Amazon, Facebook, ICE, and the FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network operated by Seattle police
Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatusGlen Stellmacher (Prism)
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humble_boatsman
in reply to newcool1230 • • •I can't sleep anymore reading this stuff. The only chance that this can ever be regulated out of existence is through far reaching federal legislation that reinforces the 4th amendment in the digital age. And we know there is zero chance of that.
The public space has never included a true right to privacy but the raw intake and storage and analysis of your every biometric and existence to create a profile on every figure regardless of threat or action in society is a fucking Invasion of being.
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in reply to humble_boatsman • • •relying on an unjust law system and corrupt politicians is a no starter. the only way is for the general public to stop consenting to it.
they sell us hard on nothing to fear/nothing to hide rhetoric for a reason.
humble_boatsman
in reply to ☂️- • • •Me: I don't consent to invasion of my being.
General public: k.
E: Shareholders: Jack Nicholson nodding yes menacingly
f3nyx
in reply to humble_boatsman • • •ScoffingLizard
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in reply to humble_boatsman • • •The whole point is to change the risk calculations people make in order to make "civil" and "polite" actions such as protests, legislation, etc. more risky and therefore most people are less likely to engage in.
What these dumb asses don't realize is that if the level of risk for the "peaceful" options rises to the same level as alternatives, which are arguably much more effective, then those are going to be the only recourse people have and the actions people will take.
I do believe your analysis is correct about there being zero chance of it being legislated away. So now what?
turtlesareneat
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in reply to turtlesareneat • • •E: I was just asking for some movie suggestions
youcantreadthis
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in reply to newcool1230 • • •This sums up any of these private-public partnerships... Asset protection against primarily petty crime (while "shielding" behind terrorism), and increased camera-coverage at no cost to the taxpayer (to more efficiently treat symptoms, instead of recognizing problem causes: as to maintain the dysfunctional system, which disproportionately benefits a few). Respect to Albury for having a functional moral compass.
Jul (they/she)
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in reply to fira • • •Xerxos
in reply to newcool1230 • • •What the fuck are Amazon and Facebook doing? They were always spying on everyone, but that was just for targeted ads.
Now that the government is on the brink of flat out fascism they start sharing their data?
Dr_Del_Fuego
in reply to Xerxos • • •atrielienz
in reply to Xerxos • • •So, here's the crux of the problem.
The internet as it is now and as it has existed for the vast majority of its life is an ad supported system.
The ad money is drying up because of several things:
AI is taking away click throughs to websites meaning they don't get ad click throughs or impressions. They run ads to keep the lights on and they are being starved of the engagement that ads pay for.
People have less spending power than they have ever had. Ads don't mean anything if people can't afford products.
There is a pivot to trying to get rich people to buy goods and services but even though they have most of the wealth they don't need most goods and services. This means the best way to get them to spend money is to have them invest to grow that money.
Ad companies require people to buy the goods and services that they are advertising in order to continue to pay for ads and ad aggregation.
A large subset of the populace really does hate ads and also wants things for free. They do not want to be told that nothing is free and ads are how a
... Show more...So, here's the crux of the problem.
The internet as it is now and as it has existed for the vast majority of its life is an ad supported system.
The ad money is drying up because of several things:
AI is taking away click throughs to websites meaning they don't get ad click throughs or impressions. They run ads to keep the lights on and they are being starved of the engagement that ads pay for.
People have less spending power than they have ever had. Ads don't mean anything if people can't afford products.
There is a pivot to trying to get rich people to buy goods and services but even though they have most of the wealth they don't need most goods and services. This means the best way to get them to spend money is to have them invest to grow that money.
Ad companies require people to buy the goods and services that they are advertising in order to continue to pay for ads and ad aggregation.
A large subset of the populace really does hate ads and also wants things for free. They do not want to be told that nothing is free and ads are how a lot of the internet makes money.
The alternative to ad supported internet is data supported internet but people really really hate data brokers and data brokers mainly sell or offer up the use of data to three groups. Other data brokers/ad aggregators, the government/military industrial complex, and criminals.
So naturally companies that used to sustain themselves on ad aggregation now do so by pursuing government contracts. Because the line must go up.
CommanderCloon
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