But are the changes good or bad?
Cory Doctorow would know a lot more about this than I since he lived in one of the most heavily monitored cities on earth. How have the costs and the benefits of ubiquitous surveillance in London stacked up? Is it a cautionary tale, or does it support the value of monitoring? I really have no idea.
Plus, I think we need to remember that the rules for government are different than they are for you and I. I drive around with a dash cam or helmet cam all the time. I wear a gizmo that takes a photo every 30 seconds all day. A neighbor of mine built a license plate reader to log all traffic in our neighborhood. The tech exists and is more accessible all the time but that doesn’t mean it’s okay for a government to utilize that technology against its citizens.
