I always thought that show "person of interest" was a bit far fetched. how could one system have access to that much data? privacy concerns would surely stop it.

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tehlike 9 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

You'd think so, but everytime a crime is solved by flock or the like, people keep celebrating it and using it as a justification.

It reminds me of this meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/sa0eh3/dont_crea...

There are few reasons people probably keep building on this topic: 1. Eventually someone will do this anyway. 2. Thus, it shall be mine - I for sure will handle data better than anyone else can, respecting all sorts of guardrails etc. 3. company ipos, founder leaves, things happen.

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bakies 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Along with all the cop shows I'm thinking it's almost intentional at this point to normalize things.

	▲	b00ty4breakfast 32 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The very first cop show, Dragnet, was explicitly a PR move to rehab the image of the police in the public's imagination. Every cop show since has been propaganda. Even shows where the police are not necessarily the "good guys", like The Shield or even Chicago PD, normalizes police brutality and the flaunting of basic constitutional laws because those dastardly bad guys have to be stopped at all costs. I enjoy some of these shows myself but it is sometimes crazy how blatant they are about it.
	▲	spiderfarmer 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It’s the entire reason some shows and movies exist. The Pentagon, CIA and other agencies routinely and openly assist hundreds of films and TV shows with equipment, locations and expertise in exchange for script changes that protect U.S. military and intelligence reputations.