Edward Snowden -- 698d People really don't realize how utterly dependent modern surveillance is on the idea that everybody is carrying a phone — which is always tracked. Their car has a cellular modem in it — which is always tracked. 99% of investigation is one guy and a search box. If you're not low-hanging fruit, you aren't gonna merit the Eye of Sauron of manual, well-resourced, focused team attention—and if you did, you probably planned ahead for it, right? Because it's not a mystery what would get you on Santa's Naughty List. Anyway, the point is that even in a big city, the phoneless guy in a "covid" mask is going to be invisible to anything less than that exhaustive manual investigation — at least for a few more years. That may go away once they start networking all the cameras and having AI start trying to match up clothing sets moving from camera to camera, butthat capability is hard to hide, so it'll be in the news. And it won't work that well in places with less camera density and, perhaps, for people who wear the most-common outfits (the visual equivalent of a "shared fingerprint"). Remember: Phones are useful, but dangerous. And the people who will still wear covid masks to the beach are helping to normalize facial obscurity—regardless of their intention. Don't be mean to them. Encourage them to wear them everywhere. For passport photos. In police booking photos. At the customs desk. Family portraits! The sky is the limit—let them push the boundaries so that you don't have to. nostr:note1dufu3sutqcu4er2pj9k7zmxdf7k23qxn3eskwdr8tp3ffvg7g9qqsv4lrc reply [1 reply]People really don't realize how utterly dependent modern surveillance is on the idea that everybody is carrying a phone — which is always tracked. Their car has a cellular modem in it — which is always tracked. 99% of investigation is one guy and a search box. If you're not low-hanging fruit, you aren't gonna merit the Eye of Sauron of manual, well-resourced, focused team attention—and if you did, you probably planned ahead for it, right? Because it's not a mystery what would get you on Santa's Naughty List. Anyway, the point is that even in a big city, the phoneless guy in a "covid" mask is going to be invisible to anything less than that exhaustive manual investigation — at least for a few more years. That may go away once they start networking all the cameras and having AI start trying to match up clothing sets moving from camera to camera, butthat capability is hard to hide, so it'll be in the news. And it won't work that well in places with less camera density and, perhaps, for people who wear the most-common outfits (the visual equivalent of a "shared fingerprint"). Remember: Phones are useful, but dangerous. And the people who will still wear covid masks to the beach are helping to normalize facial obscurity—regardless of their intention. Don't be mean to them. Encourage them to wear them everywhere. For passport photos. In police booking photos. At the customs desk. Family portraits! The sky is the limit—let them push the boundaries so that you don't have to. nostr:note1dufu3sutqcu4er2pj9k7zmxdf7k23qxn3eskwdr8tp3ffvg7g9qqsv4lrc
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Get a mechanical watch, carry a wad of cash. Leave your phone at home. Head out into the world like this atleast once a week and enjoy life without any digital bullshit. Thank me later.
People really don't realize how utterly dependent modern surveillance is on the idea that everybody is carryinga phone — which is always tracked. Their car has a cellular modem in it — which is always tracked. 99% ofinvestigation is one guy and a search box. If you're not low-hanging fruit, you aren't gonna merit the Eye ofSauron of manual, well-resourced, focused team attention—and if you did, you probably planned ahead for it,right? Because it's not a mystery what would get you on Santa's Naughty List.Anyway, the point is that even in a big city, the phoneless guy in a "covid" mask is going to be invisible toanything less than that exhaustive manual investigation — at least for a few more years. That may go away oncethey start networking all the cameras and having AI start trying to match up clothing sets moving from camera tocamera, butthat capability is hard to hide, so it'll be in the news. And it won't work that well in places withless camera density and, perhaps, for people who wear the most-common outfits (the visual equivalent of a"shared fingerprint").Remember: Phones are useful, but dangerous. And the people who will still wear covid masks to the beach arehelping to normalize facial obscurity—regardless of their intention. Don't be mean to them. Encourage them towear them everywhere. For passport photos. In police booking photos. At the customs desk. Family portraits! Thesky is the limit—let them push the boundaries so that you don't have to.nostr:note1dufu3sutqcu4er2pj9k7zmxdf7k23qxn3eskwdr8tp3ffvg7g9qqsv4lrc
Get a mechanical watch, carry a wad of cash. Leave your phone at home. Head out into the world like this at least once a week and enjoy life without any digital bullshit. Thank me later.
Many people don’t even understand that their satnav systems are picking up on phone traffic, not car traffic. Whilst most wear masks like they’re a fashion piece.. 🫠 it’s a crazy world.
Great words, all very true and wise. ✨