New federal surveillance meant to combat cartels and drug traffickers is far more likely to hit everyone else, and to be largely ineffective in fighting crime.
I don’t think that phrase really works universally. The original line from the Incredibles makes sense because “super” is a relative term. If we’re all on a watchlist that doesn’t mean we’re not actually being watched or not in danger, it just means we stopped distinguishing levels of suspicion or “saving resources” for the most dangerous people. Think they don’t have the resources to watch everyone? That’s what AI is for.
Also unfortunately, a LOT of people are treated as if they’re on a watchlist, even when they aren’t.
If everyone is on a watchlist, that means everyone is being watched so they can be punished if they do anything that could even be remotely considered outside the law.
Pulled over for speeding and you’re on a watchlist? Off to interrogation for you.
If everyone is on a watchlist, nobody is
gotta disagree. with current electronic processing, storage and forthcoming AI analysis, that axiom no longer applies - everyone is on a watch list.
I don’t think that phrase really works universally. The original line from the Incredibles makes sense because “super” is a relative term. If we’re all on a watchlist that doesn’t mean we’re not actually being watched or not in danger, it just means we stopped distinguishing levels of suspicion or “saving resources” for the most dangerous people. Think they don’t have the resources to watch everyone? That’s what AI is for.
Unfortunately, that’s not true.
Also unfortunately, a LOT of people are treated as if they’re on a watchlist, even when they aren’t.
If everyone is on a watchlist, that means everyone is being watched so they can be punished if they do anything that could even be remotely considered outside the law.
Pulled over for speeding and you’re on a watchlist? Off to interrogation for you.
The point is that’s not a watchlist, that’s just a panopticon authoritarian state. Big Brother is always watching.