In one of my classses we were talking about how in public spaces we don’t have any freedom anymore we either have to choose between security or freedom and what you would choose. I feel like when people are watched they act better
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This is why the trend is to expand the public space to mean everywhere and include as much as cyberspace as possible. Steemit, is it s public space? What about Facebook? Where can people go to have a private conversation in cyberspace? Well this might not exist at all in the near future.
What about anonymity? This is not encouraged. What about pseudo anonymity?
People who are watched do not "act better". They are made to act how "they are supposed to", which isn't always better. You can be lawfully evil. Security and freedom aren't at the opposite ends of a spectrum. If you have no freedom then you are a slave, and at what in history were slaves more secure than the nobility?
Of course most people think being controlled is being protected. In reality being controlled is just being controlled and you never know how your controllers will use or abuse you. I do think there is value in public spaces and agree that sometimes such as if you are at work, or in a place where you are around other people, that you do need a camera to protect everyone from each other. I do not think that there is a need to put cameras in homes or on people who aren't even around other people.
Like in cyberspace for example what do we gain from "public space" vs "pseudo-anonymity"? We don't really gain any additional trust if I know your real name or your pseudonym because either can reveal a reputation. We don't increase safety because people can now be stalked in the real world because they give out so much information. Blockchain technology and smart contracts allow business to take place without the need for people to expose their identities.
Do I need to agree with the political preferences of every business partner? In the open web where everything is under everyone's real name then I would have to be more concerned about how my associations are viewed politically than the impact it has on the bottom line.
I feel like it’s already happens what the government sees as a threat they keep under check like listening to phone calls , being on peoples fb or other social media . Whatever is put online you give the government the ability to see it as well . Makes me wonder if those applications have have encrypted conversations actually work or is it just a mind game ?
So as long as you are as normal as possible in how you look, think, act, feel, live, you'll reduce your risk of being abused by the state surveillance? Is this the way it works?
Your background , color of your skin, your religion impacts how and when you will be watched . It is as if the white minority’s have a pathway than blacks or Arab Muslims . Then how are we necessarily free ? What so freedom when we are all not treated the same
The more of a minority you are, the more at risk you are from the surveillance state. So if you are black, gay, an atheist, etc, you'll probably be watched anywhere you go. People who more naturally fit into the common group do not understand what it is like to be an outsider until they say something unpopular on social media.
Agreed !