Post #2795088

2026-01-21 15:43 UTC

I choose to carry my phone in my pocket, and I can choose not to carry it. I can even choose to have someone else carry it north while I go south. I can go anywhere in my city on foot or a bike and be entirely untracked by anything, except those damn doorbell cameras. At most I might be picked up by a traffic camera or two, but I can do any number of things to not be recognized, but not if they can follow my movements back to my house. Those cameras fill the last gaps of untracked freedom of movement.

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@innermachine@lemmy.world 2026-01-21 17:18

While I see your point, I will say there is no such thing as freedom of movement in any city anymore. Every business you pass, every intersection, every few street lamps (depending on ur city) will be monitored by camera. Every major roadway is camera monitored in or out of a city (check ur local 411 traffic cams). In any urban area trying to minimize your contribution to mass surveillance is in vain, it's already been taken care of by the govt and businesses and what we consume! It just seems to be a product of being in a technologically advanced society. What needs to happen is more restrictions on those performing the mass surveillance, although I doubt they'd listen even if our govt tried to restrict them.

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