Considering that this commercial aspect represents the potential for much larger, and perhaps less scrupulous operators (you know, private military, or who even fucking cares anymore, it's just too easy for it to happen to argue) ...to do the exact same thing at any time...
And sell the data to a single person who merely wants it, or maybe a motivated group of people who have an incentive, and can pay...
Or maybe someone looking to buy an election and maybe even sell an entire war... Which has never happened before, I'm sure. News Corp. Enron. Doesn't matter.
Who ever it was the last time, the next time, the names will be different, but we'll be blind-sided again, all the same. And how could this have possibly happened? Where did we go wrong?
But safety in numbers, relying on my own safety as one in a city of millions, means my data is surely worthless, right?
Who would care about me? And then everyone else says that too. And then you have the whole city that way.
Large wealthy entities are going to act like assholes, and guess what we learned in kindergarten. All it takes is one fucking asshole to ruin a good thing that used work for everyone.
Sorry, but running around with a uniquely identifiable radio badge is now officially being used against you. It's not just about law enforcement using this system against criminals anymore. It's about anyone with enough money, exploiting every naive sucker minding their own business.
And sell the data to a single person who merely wants it, or maybe a motivated group of people who have an incentive, and can pay...
Or maybe someone looking to buy an election and maybe even sell an entire war... Which has never happened before, I'm sure. News Corp. Enron. Doesn't matter.
Who ever it was the last time, the next time, the names will be different, but we'll be blind-sided again, all the same. And how could this have possibly happened? Where did we go wrong?
But safety in numbers, relying on my own safety as one in a city of millions, means my data is surely worthless, right?
Who would care about me? And then everyone else says that too. And then you have the whole city that way.