Post #2082523
2026-04-30 16:19 UTC
Cameras don't prevent crime. They don't prevent accidents. They're at most used to find afterwards what happened.
By the time a cop would decide to bother and check the cameras, and find you in the footage, and trace your steps through the various cameras, you would have been back on your own already.
The ideas that cameras are a matter of security for the people is propaganda. They are here to destroy privacy and allow the elimination of opponents and dissidents, they don't really care about crime. Doesn't mean that cops would never use them for other purposes, but they definitely don't care as much as you think. And of course, caring isn't the same thing as being able to do anything in a reasonable time.
Replies (2)
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@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2026-04-30 17:08
Well I think this is a bit contradictory. Dissidence is merely one form of crime from the state's perspective. So it is somewhat effective at reducing behavior the state will punish, though not completely effective obviously. Now I would agree that the harm here is not worth it. If you had a completely trusted authority that only used it in a responsible way for serious crimes then it could be useful but I don't see how that could happen.
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@iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 16:48
Yep