Message from @LOLTRON
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it conserns you that data will in no way get misused, stolen, and exploited?
whoops. Fixed that.
`"Damnit, why is my massive database of 25million citizens not being hacked yet!"`
If the Australian Census taught us anything, it's that the government shouldn't be responsible for protecting anything big-data related.
its actually a fundomental job of the government to insure identification and regulating traffic within its borders though
i think the idea of biometrics is that its harder to steal that information rather than just being a number your assigned at birth
its tied to your dna
Is it?
I don't agree it is.
steal my dna
Sorry, no i mean I don't agree thats a fundamental job of the government...
The DNA record they collect is assigned to a number. Your Social Sec number.
if the government is to have a job it sure is
Along with a metrick fuck-tonne of other metadata
@Timcast please keep an eye on that crowd pac story censoring republicans from their platform id really like to know what happens with what the are doing about the election meddling argument that that girl is saying
its one of the oldest jobs government has had
like prostitution
Lawyer and plumbers are also old jobs
It may be something they do, but I don't agree its a responsibility of the government..
A government's job is to protect its border, and defend citizens rights to property.
Everything else is scope creep.
@LOLTRON agree
And i am coming from a position where I am okay with government delivering critical services like energy, health care and infrastructure... But i don't think the government should be unilaterally tracking its citizens.
what good can come from that?
you cant protect the border without identification
unless you have a wall of fire around it
but then that keeps your own people inside
doesent really respect their freedom
I'm not saying the government doesn't need to have a record of its citizens. But i do think they don't need biometrics
biometrics just allows them to track citizens more easily
I don't think tracking citizens should be somethign that can be done easily
it should be hard, and expensive
explain how its easier for a government to track with biometrics
Biometrics includes facial recognition data.
DNA is but one element of biometrics
I have a friend who works for a multinational that sells facial recognition tech to government. They are throwing millions at this tech...
They want it everywhere.
see thats the thing "they want it everywhere" is the tracking part
It's not enough to say that "I haven't done anything wrong, so i have nothign to fear...", knowing you are under constant surveillance can heavily influence behaviour of people who haven't done anything wrong.
if facial recognition was only used during the same instances where normal identification is also used then it would be no more effective at tracking people than normal identification