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The most valuable argument against privacy, is it being abused by criminals. It's foundational to the "I have nothing to hide" fallacy: waived by those, conditioned into believing, mass-surveillance being a proportional compromise; if potentially elevating their sense of "safety". What they fail to recognize however, is mass-surveillance simply being an escalation, of the fundamentally flawed enforcement model: responsible for their lack of confidence in it. Enforcement of laws should be the exception, not the rule; otherwise conflicting incentives are ought to be addressed first (primarily: large discrepancies in socio-economics, and in turn all that stems from it).

Crime prevention based on enforcement can only prove unsustainable: to be compensated for, using automated systems during technological abundance (which is now). These systems are incompatible with privacy, and more broadly speaking: tangible assurance, personal data isn't being collected without one's explicit consent (regardless of whether the "expectation of privacy" demoralization applies). My sympathy goes out to any well-intended officer, tasked with treating symptoms of an effective aristocracy: intolerant towards meaningful change, which would challenge its self-serving interests. Just a thought, which has been plaguing me for too long... :)

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[โ€“] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

My father, ex military, always said the Police aren't there you protect you, they only act after the fact.

That aside, this system will never changed as long as the 1% are incentivised to maintain a certain level of poverty - poverty is intentionally built into the system. And organisations like the police and 'justice' system are set up to protect the 1% while giving the illusion of protection and justice to the average person.

Man, that feels like some tin foil hat crazy right there. I wish it was.

[โ€“] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

I would agree, despite it shifting towards a more proactive approach: where action is based on behavioral analysis and risk-scoring. It most certainly allows for exploitation of their socio-economic status: conditioning them to settle for underpaid positions for example. Yes, as to control public perception, of a system which typically works against their best interest. Tin foil hats off to you ;)