Comment by lastdancerevolution on 07/12/2024 at 00:14 UTC

679 upvotes, 10 direct replies (showing 10)

View submission: The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State

The gunman has succeeded in avoiding identification in part by understanding how technology is used and what its limits are. This killing raises the possibility that our surveillance network—an intricate web meant to enhance public safety and private security—has become so obvious and intrusive that criminal perpetrators can figure out how to dodge it.

This writer is an idiot.

What are they advocating for? A surveillance state led by insurance corporations that kill thousands of Americans on purpose in hospitals meant to save them? Fuck the surveillance state.

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Comment by RageAgainstTheHuns at 07/12/2024 at 01:34 UTC

236 upvotes, 2 direct replies

It's indirectly pointing out what Snowden has already said, more data doesn't mean clearer visibility. In theory "we can see more stuff in more detail so we can find the bad guys easier" when in reality there is just 10000x more useless noise and like 2-3x more useful data.

Comment by toolschism at 07/12/2024 at 01:17 UTC

112 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Enhance public safety and private security

What a fucking joke of a line that is. Fuck the surveillance state indeed.

Comment by SeaFailure at 07/12/2024 at 00:18 UTC

37 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yes. Setting the foundation for tighter monitoring

Comment by RealSimonLee at 07/12/2024 at 01:30 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This writer is an idiot.

It is the Atlantic, after all. They're good at one thing: writing headlines that scare/enrage Boomers. Their "analysis" is shallow and empty. Though, I will concede, this piece was uniquely vapid.

Comment by scrungus_darby at 07/12/2024 at 02:19 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

The writer served as a senior advisor to an infamous Israeli spyware firm and worked as a “secretary of intergovernmental affairs” in the Department of Homeland Security, so that’s EXACTLY what they are advocating for: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Kayyem

Comment by Bradnon at 07/12/2024 at 07:13 UTC

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Not just a surveillance state, but a secret surveillance state so its surveilled wouldn't have the knowledge to circumvent it: the obliteration of the right to privacy, the thing the US has been inching towards since 2001 and rapidly accelerating through recent SCOTUS rulings.

Comment by laec300191 at 07/12/2024 at 02:05 UTC

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As always, mainstream media advocating for the erosion of constitutional rights.