So simple yet so brilliant.
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Massive Attack Turns Concert into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment
(www.gadgetreview.com)
They love it. Because they didn’t understand
Oh WOW I'M ON THE BIG SCREEN YEAH!
I’m in a global database of biometric information and my every move can be tracked to keep me and everyone I talk to in line?! Whaaaaa I’m so cool
Biowhat?
Biometric. It’s like… dick size for smart people?
JC DENTON I don't see anything amusing about spying on people.
MORPHEUS Human beings feel pleasure when they are watched. I have recorded their smiles as I tell them who they are.
JC DENTON Some people just don't understand the dangers of indiscriminate surveillance.
MORPHEUS The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms.
took me a bit to figure out that this article is talking about the band "massive attack" and that it isn't about a cyberattack that was deemed "massive"
Yeah lol, I feel like «The band «»massive attack»» would have been appropriate