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View submission: The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State
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 -rwsr-xr-x at 07/12/2024 at 03:29 UTC
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when in reality there is just 10000x more useless noise and like 2-3x more useful data.
In reality, the larger the digital dataset, the *easier* it is to find the needle in that haystack.
Comment by Special-Garlic1203 at 07/12/2024 at 10:27 UTC
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I mean we definitely have been able to start fucking people with hard evidence we wouldn't have had 20 years ago pretty regularly.
It sounds like the main reason they lost him is cause central park doesn't have many cameras, so I don't think noise is the problem here. It's that there were gaps in surveillance and he knew where those gaps were.
I'm not a fan of endless surveillance for the record, but I don't see how the takeaway here is that it's not helpful when most of what they know is from surveillance footage. I feel like their main takeaway will just be closing vulnerability points. You won't be able to be able to take a dump in NYC without a camera trained on you.