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by three_seagrass 2242 days ago
When it comes to the police force surveillance, prejudicial bias is more a problem than a red herring. It's true that mass surveillance is an issue but how it is implemented can be an issue as well.

I'm curious - how does a wealthy person retain their privacy from this type of mass surveillance but the working class does not?

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Transportation and shopping come to mind. If you do most of your shopping online you will be less exposed to this kind of mass surveillance; conversely, if you have to use public transportation and walk around, you'll be more exposed to it: not "retain their privacy", but "retain more of their privacy".

It's also possible that more affluent neighborhoods have fewer cameras.

'Accessibility, affordability, advertising, anonymity and anomie, are the five cylinders of the engine of mass addiction'

Um Another way to view... Let us take a quick look at a utopian idea: 'Does the government guarants me, that gains come without additional costs ?' (-;

The same way they do now to consume luxury goods and services and avoid papparazo and working folk. Blacked out SUVs and back entrances. You think Kylie Jenner has set foot on an LA sidewalk?