Everything I want to do in public I can still do.

What "freedom" is lost? I gain security and lose no freedoms (unless you are doing something illegal).

When property crime is up 53%.. plenty of people are willing to lose "freedom" whatever you are referring to, in exchange for safety.

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yibg 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How about just general privacy? I mean do you really want someone / the government to be able to track everywhere you go?

- Going to your girlfriends place while the wife is at work

- Visiting a naughty shop

- Going into various companies for interviews while employed

With mass surveillance there is the risk of mass data leak. Would you be comfortable with a camera following you around at all times when you're in public? I wouldn't be.

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svachalek an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The right to privacy, to not let the government have a master record of everywhere you've ever been and everything you've ever said just in case they decide to someday revoke free speech and due process, or decide it doesn't apply. Lately we have plenty of examples of how quickly that can happen.

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warkdarrior 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You were recorded smoking marijuana, an illegal drug at the federal level.

You were recorded walking into an abortion clinic, although face recognition identified as a resident of a state where abortion is illegal.

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janalsncm 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The solution is to change the laws, not to stop enforcing them. Otherwise this is basically just giving up on the concept of having laws.

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chasd00 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well aren’t both of those things crimes? I’m not a fan of mass surveillance either but maybe pick a different example.

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svachalek an hour ago | parent [-]

The second is clearly not. State governments don't have jurisdiction over their residents when they are out of state.

	▲	FarmerPotato 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Read about Texas. It's a crime to leave the state to get an abortion. They can prosecute when you return home. There have been vigilante patrols in West Texas, watching the necessary routes out of the state. The law gives any resident the grounds to turn in their neighbor for planning to get an abortion.