I am certainly in favor of laws to protect the people, but i suspect as is already the case the legislation will be unable to keep up with technological developments, not to mention nefarious actors lobbying that legislation.
For countermeasures i was already mentally in the realm of cyberpunk, so probably equally technological solutions? Identity spoofers, ECM, if i recall correctly many cameras are vulnerable to infrared? Things in that vein.
I’m not talking about cyberpunk, I’m talking about NOW. This is no fantasy scifi scenario, this is reality.
If we do not fight for our rights tooth and nail the same way people fought for civil rights, then those lobbyists and corporations will have nothing to stop them from making the world a shittier place.
These things are being used today. We need to show the powers that be that this is unacceptable today. Otherwise we as a civilisation will sleepwalk our way right into antihuman technofascism.
We live in a Cyberpunk scenario. Except with less neon. I also get the impression that you keep considering me opposed to what you want, when in fact i am just as hostile towards digital surveillance as the next guy.
I just dont think that kicking a nerd with smart glasses in the face is how we protect ourselves meaningfully from that, and am arguing generally from that position. If anything we need to develop technological solutions to what is a technological attack on us, when we cant seem to agree as a society on putting capitalism to the torch. Legislation wont protect you (yet 🤞), attacking offending people wont fix the problem, so the only logical course is to get creative about diy solutions.
That being said, building a fucking fake online identity that algorithms will associate with your face / reflective clothing or infrared stuff can hardly be considered futuristic or “cyberpunk”. Just buy some and off you go
I am certainly in favor of laws to protect the people, but i suspect as is already the case the legislation will be unable to keep up with technological developments, not to mention nefarious actors lobbying that legislation.
For countermeasures i was already mentally in the realm of cyberpunk, so probably equally technological solutions? Identity spoofers, ECM, if i recall correctly many cameras are vulnerable to infrared? Things in that vein.
I’m not talking about cyberpunk, I’m talking about NOW. This is no fantasy scifi scenario, this is reality.
If we do not fight for our rights tooth and nail the same way people fought for civil rights, then those lobbyists and corporations will have nothing to stop them from making the world a shittier place.
These things are being used today. We need to show the powers that be that this is unacceptable today. Otherwise we as a civilisation will sleepwalk our way right into antihuman technofascism.
We live in a Cyberpunk scenario. Except with less neon. I also get the impression that you keep considering me opposed to what you want, when in fact i am just as hostile towards digital surveillance as the next guy.
I just dont think that kicking a nerd with smart glasses in the face is how we protect ourselves meaningfully from that, and am arguing generally from that position. If anything we need to develop technological solutions to what is a technological attack on us, when we cant seem to agree as a society on putting capitalism to the torch. Legislation wont protect you (yet 🤞), attacking offending people wont fix the problem, so the only logical course is to get creative about diy solutions.
That being said, building a fucking fake online identity that algorithms will associate with your face / reflective clothing or infrared stuff can hardly be considered futuristic or “cyberpunk”. Just buy some and off you go