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by a3n 2388 days ago
Our laws will never catch up; those devices watch lawmakers too.

I can imagine a late afternoon meeting in a lawmaker's office. The lobbyist shows the lawmaker almost his entire day, to demonstrate the "benefit" to the lawmaker, from when he leaves his DC apartment in the morning, to his one hour stay at the No-Tell-Mo-Tell, to the video of him being slapped on the back as he pockets another lobbyist's cash.

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> Our laws will never catch up; those devices watch lawmakers too.

> I can imagine a late afternoon meeting in a lawmaker's office. The lobbyist shows the lawmaker almost his entire day, to demonstrate the "benefit" to the lawmaker, from when he leaves his DC apartment in the morning, to his one hour stay at the No-Tell-Mo-Tell, to the video of him being slapped on the back as he pockets another lobbyist's cash.

If this data is collected, there is no doubt in my mind that it will be sought after by malicious actors. Maybe then there will be legislation.

What we really need is an A.I. nonprofit who’s only job is to abuse to privacy of powerful people until they insist on legislation.