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I am far, far less worried about an assassin's drones using AI to find a politician in a crowd than I am about Facebook using pictures of me that other people have posted and tagged me in, so that my face is used to track my movements, and the movements of every other human on the planet, everywhere we go, and selling that information to everybody who wants a copy, and giving it away at the request of the local police.

Definitely not a lawyer but, as I understand it, depending on jurisdiction and context, some social media postings may be considered "public" information volunteered without "reasonable expectation of privacy" ---in which case, awfully enough, anything goes...

Again, not a lawyer; but I wonder if there should be a right to clear-language, mandatory warnings ---like in cigarrettes--- whenever you are about to post something that will not enjoy "reasonable expectation of privacy" (and hence could be sold or used against you in the future, etc.)..




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