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[Wojtek S]

I do not see any difference at all.  Cameras can do much more than just
capturing people speeding or running red lights, they can record your
licence tags, who is in the car with you, pattern of your driving, security
cameras can do face recognition and so on.  Every time you use a credit
card, they now only have your smile captured on security cameras, but a
list of what you bought as well.  Private companies such as Target  have
been mining this information for years to tailor their adverts.  I find
this far more invasive than cops gathering information.  I think it is
their legitimate job.

You also avoided my main point that there is not much evidence of cops
framing people despite that expanding surveillance.  This speaks volumes
about the fantasies of the *potential* use of those data against ordinary
citizens.  By that logic, every man is a potential rapist.  To me these are
just fantasies of people detached from reality.

And quite frankly, I see no problem in cops trying to catch scum who blow
up people to "make a statement" about their fucked up religion or national
pride.  So far I see not even a shred of evidence that this information is
used for any other purpose.  I sincerely doubt that it would used against
people who are trying to change the system by legal means, such as forming
political parties or alternative institutions.

-- 
Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."