Comments on: It’d be hard to imagine a more powerful asset for criminals https://www.isegoria.net/2019/12/itd-be-hard-to-imagine-a-more-powerful-asset-for-criminals/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: CVLR https://www.isegoria.net/2019/12/itd-be-hard-to-imagine-a-more-powerful-asset-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-3023828 CVLR Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:06:35 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45911#comment-3023828 I first wrote “…or governments.”

Then I remembered that a government can now trivially deploy hundreds or thousands of inexpensive, inconspicuous, smartphone-type cameras in a public space, and hook them all up to a facial recognition API.

Thanks, DARPA. Love you.

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2019/12/itd-be-hard-to-imagine-a-more-powerful-asset-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-3023827 Harry Jones Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:05:41 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45911#comment-3023827 Never spend lots of money on something that can be easily stolen or easily damaged. If they’re going to steal my laptop, a two-year-old Chromebook is good enough for them.

Yes, I encrypt. And have backups. And encrypt the backups.

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