[me beginning my rebuttal after getting absolutely fucking waxed by my debate club opponent] I am sure we can all agree that there is no need for me to spend the time it would require to address each of my counterpart's arguments,

They're also relatively easy for bad actors to access

youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...

anyway, these kinds of surveillance systems are extremely durable and political safeguards (to the extent they even work) are not! people rotate out of office, policies change, vendors update contracts, new agencies get access, etc. it's so short-sighted to think otherwise

the history of surveillance tech is one long case study in scope creep. tech introduced for one purpose migrates to others: from “traffic enforcement” to monitoring protests, immigration, people the government just doesn't like (see: ALPRs monitoring No Kings protests) www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

if a politician says “trust us, we’ll regulate it,” the correct response is: you can’t regulate your way out of the architecture you’re constructing! if you don’t want a system that can be weaponized for racial/religious/immigration based surveillance, the only real safeguard is...not building it.

amazing!!!!!

Wild exaggeration as usual but thank you my friend ❤️

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first part of it is here: thejumpline.substack.com/p/the-crime-...

@jduffyrice.bsky.social and I are doing a lil essay series with the basic thesis being that the crime panic machine is wobbling BUT the people who know how to harness it are still trying to ride it into the next era. understanding the cycle is part of how we stop getting dragged behind it!

yup totally