I can remember back to the early 90's when stores didn't have cameras and instead they had big mirrors you could see people on. Guess my point is it was already starting even when I was a child.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago

Oh yea it wasn't a instantaneous death or even a very quick one, it was a long drawn out process that lasted decades, if not longer.

Something silly that always stuck with me was one of the (many) "revelations" that various spy agencies were gathering all sorts of data from people's phone calls, and how I had just assumed that was the case after reading one of the Artemis Fowl books in which he deliberately gets the attention of the fairy underground by speaking specific phrases over the phone. I guess I just figured that sounded like something the government would be doing if they were able to. It (probably) isn't as dramatic as some computer lighting up when it hears me say "Lenin was right" over the phone, but even municipal cops here can easily get access to all sorts of data from phones including who you call and who calls you when for how long and where you are. If some city cops can get that stuff then I can only imagine what the fed agencies have access to.

I guess this is also a reminder to anyone reading this: LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT HOME IF YOU'RE ENGAGING IN ANYTHING LEGALLY DUBIOUS OR ANYTHING LIKELY TO ANGER THE PIGS

[–] D61@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

I remember when the largest stores would have a ton of the obfuscated camera mounts in the ceiling but only have the cash to put a camera in a small percentage of them.