• [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I am once again condemning the UK for building a surveillance state beyond what Orwell could truly envision.

  • limonfiesta@lemmy.world
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    Policing Minister, Sarah Jones said: "I welcome today’s ruling because there can be no true liberty when people live in fear of crime in their communities.

    Sarah Jones is someone who should live in fear, and the fact she doesn’t, is the real danger to society.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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    Eh, at this point I had “cyberpunk dystopia” on my bingo card.

    We’re about 60% there in the UK.

  • DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world
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    Kier Starmer is an authoritarian twat who is setting up some scary surveillance shit to hand to, sadly, Reform. Who will be much worse.

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    That is horrid. I would never leave my house without a mask. Fuck that.

    Or maybe invest in some of those anti surveillance full face masks.

    They ain’t doing this for YOUR benefit or protection.

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      Wait till you read about gait recognition. Add that to data streams consolidated by Palantir tracking your gps via cell phone, purchase tracking, and they don’t really need to see your face. They can still track you by your cars registration plates with enough accuracy.

      They will have a 90% tracking rate regardless of your face being behind a mask.