| There is another stance which I feel is often overlooked in these discussions, and it is the absolutist 100% pro-“record all the things” realm, which is maybe not as obvious as it may seem at first - but is equally important to protect. There shouldn’t be a secret surveillance apparatus. But there should also be a massive human archive of recordings, accessible to all, forever. Like, I legitimately think beyond the voyeur/exhibition equation, there is a service which governments could be providing to their citizens. If the NSA is going to copy everything, give me access to my data. I can operate as a responsible citizen of the state, if I have it giving me a metric lifetime of storage. There are many, many applications where it would actually be fine to have an efficient, well-financed organization, taking care of my personal, private data - properly, standardly, safely - like all the other services it provides citizenry. Standard encryption which allows me to broker my data with third parties, etc. I’d be a lot less resistant to the surveillance state - of any nature, not just governmental - if it would at least give me access to my data. Besides which, there are many great reasons to just always be recording. |