silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWe Spied on Trump's 'Southern White House' From Our Couches | Tracking people in-and-out of Mar-a-Lago was easy, thanks to commercial software. Think your privacy is any better protected?www.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down16
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minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·1 year agoThe difference is that with modern surveillance technology you can do it with everyone all the time. And that’s a big difference.
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoFor one thing, this doesn’t cost a dime.
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoOkay, it does say “commercial software.” How much do you think that could possibly cost? Anywhere near as much as a private investigator would?
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoIs that relevant? Tracking people coming in and out of a building doesn’t require the same amount of storage as a 250-person company or anywhere near it. You could probably store it all on a 1 TB drive. It’s not like these are 8k images.
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The difference is that with modern surveillance technology you can do it with everyone all the time. And that’s a big difference.
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For one thing, this doesn’t cost a dime.
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Okay, it does say “commercial software.” How much do you think that could possibly cost? Anywhere near as much as a private investigator would?
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Is that relevant? Tracking people coming in and out of a building doesn’t require the same amount of storage as a 250-person company or anywhere near it. You could probably store it all on a 1 TB drive. It’s not like these are 8k images.