[j-pb]

Military, police, surveillance. The usual suspects when it comes to oppressive regimes like china.

On a more upbeat note though, imagine the possibility of producing a 3d image of your internals during keyhole surgery or inspecting remote structures like solar panels and dams via satellite.

[EarthIsHome]

My local police department would be really interested in this tech. They've been using automated license plate readers, facial recognition tech, drones, predictive policing, and have a Ring doorbell partnership.

[MPSimmons]

In a very real way, American police departments are functioning in roles that the military serves in most dystopian societies.

[titzer]

Where do you live? Remind me not to visit.

[MsMowz]

Any major city in the United States has all of these features

[titzer]

It's really incredible that we just let ourselves slide into this surveillance dystopia, isn't it? I yearn for the halcyon days of August 2001.

[EarthIsHome]

[0]: https://atlasofsurveillance.org/

[1]: https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance