I don't see the technology as being much different that cops hiding behind billboards waiting on speeders. They are trolling for known criminals, stolen cars, etc. Easy arrests leads to early promotion. It is of no value for them to run my tag automatically and I don't care if they know where I shop for groceries.
Anyone who expects privacy in today's society and owns a mobile phone, a debit card, or posts on public forums, is a little silly. Privacy has sailed with the advancement of the ability to observe people. Facial recognition scans are working overtime. Walk down any street in any city and you are being videoed constantly. Every word you post on the forums is digested by a computer somewhere. Every time you search for a pair of shoes on the web, it is noted. Drive too fast on the interstate and you can be busted by airplanes circling out of sight. No new successful technology sits unused on a shelf; it is the nature of the beast no matter how distasteful we find it. It is not exactly headline news that surveillance will only become more and more efficient. Orwell warned us about this decades ago, he was only a little off on his timing.
Since I don't engage in any criminal behavior, the only thing I have to worry about is my postings on sites like this. As far as worrying about that, I am too passionate about the destruction of our nation to care. If the gov is after me, I have nowhere to run and no way to fight anyway; I try to not worry about things that I have no control over....
Big Brother, excuse me, Big Sister, Alexa is watching!
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