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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Also: the fact that you bought a metro tickets contains zero actionable information for any "agency". Great, you have a ticket. When will you use it, though?

Yes it does. It links my identity to the locations...

  • I bought it
  • I entered the metro system
  • I exited the metro system

My travel through the city is now in a database. It's the sort of thing that a authoritarian state would find very useful to track down dissidents.

I'm not saying that Spain's current government would use it in this way, but they've constructed a system that would be very useful to a future bad actor. It's naive to think governments will always be benign and never abuse such systems.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

By the same token you we should be campaigning for everybody being fully anonymous and wearing a mask at all times.

Feels like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Well I'm certainly against forced face reveal so facial recognition cameras can work. I think privacy is something we need to reclaim.