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General discussion / Re: Precrime on the way
« on: February 09, 2016, 01:01:57 pm »Well if the police has access to a store's CCTV the staff can be easily seen throwing a homeless guy out, who wanted to buy something legally with money. Without CCTV, they can just tell the police he was causing problems and they'll eat it. So that argument is invalid I'd say.
no, no, just no.
"Well, I guess it is ok to give up our rights if it keeps us safe"
That kind of thinking is what allows governments to become to powerful and exploit the people.
Plus this tech will be abused in other ways. An example:
Homeless people are already often kicked out of public establishments, even when they come with money to make a purchase. If it gets to the point where homeless people can't enter an establishment, even as a paying customer, this is actually going to encourage crime. If a person can not legally obtain what they need to survive, they will find other ways to get it.
Or what if someone caused problems because they were drunk, and so were added to that list.
Let's say a year or two has passed and they have since quit drinking, and worked on the issues that contributed to their previous episode. They are still on the list, and will still be denied entry to places that use that service, for a mistake they have long since rectified.
It is a terrible idea.
Same thing with drunks. It's bullshit thinking that once you caused some problems you won't be able to enter any store, anymore. If they don't let you in, they need a reason. And the police is there to see if the reason was a good one, else they can punish the seller.
So yeah, maybe what you're saying is that with the current laws this wouldn't really go well and perhaps that's right.
But introducing the proper regulations before facewatch would make it completely acceptable.