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Once you give governments power for security purposes, to “save the children,” or to “prevent terrorism,” they will use it for any purpose they please.

It all started in the US with the patriot act after September 11th, and now we have warrantless, wholesale spying as a completely normalized reality 23 years later and absolutely no expectation of privacy for citizens.

Their track record across the world is pretty consistent.




And now TSA is trialing facial recognition at airports across the country. To my horror, nearly everyone just accepts it and follows the process instead of opting out.


They present it in a way where it seems like you have to comply- "OK, now look into this camera and hold still".

If you don't read the signs (and from what I saw, no one does...), you may not understand that it's optional. The dishonesty is on purpose of course.


Yes I was shocked that the lady behind the podium stated “now look here” as if it is totally normal. They’ve clearly been instructed to do this. And it makes it all the more alarming that this power is vested in the government. They can abuse this ability to introduce new dystopian things in many other settings that are more consequential.


Gave. past tense buddy. That horse has bolted in the west.


It’s a spectrum, or a road. It keeps giving and giving.




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