i think people from the US officially lost their right to being smug and mock chinas authoritarian surveillance state the past decade or so
you have AI flock cameras, palantir, massive surveillance state, being slave to billionaires, cant even touch a pool of water
A city in Oregon was forced to permanently remove its Flock cameras after an audit found that federal agencies had access to the system.
The audit revealed that two federal agencies could access the data, including the ability to search the broader network of license plate records for up to six months.
Flock cameras are used as a mass surveillance tool under the guise of public safety.
"Blame the password sharers" yes blame the common man!! Fight one another!!! Be at odds with your fellow human while the big bosses and ceo's pocket all the cash!!!
I sometimes feel we've REALLY lost our perspective lately because $112 billion in net profit in a year is an INSANE amount of money, yet Apple is saying it's forced to increase prices on consumers. We should just be so much angrier about all of this.
They didn't just deny it, they relentlessly targeted anyone who expressed dissent against the genocide, they ran deranged coverage of peaceful protests, and they openly justified and backed severe crimes against humanity that were being committed daily, on camera. Pure evil.
Friendly reminder to everyone here, Elon musk was worth $400b at the start of this year. A few years ago he was worth $100b. He did not work for that money, he did not earn it, he stole it from workers and the state, while actively poisoning the planet and said workers.