Ciao, negli Usa, perlomeno in alcune parti, la sorveglianza è già fuori controllo. L'Europa per il momento sta tenendo botta, ma progetti come Chat Control potrebbero fungere da grimaldello per scardinare le tutele, nascondendosi dietro intenti nobili come la lotta al porno e agli abusi.
Mi ricordo dieci, quindici anni fa, quando cercavo di far capire ad alcuni interlocutori che sulla privacy, la vera domanda da farsi, non era "perché mi dovrei preoccupare se mi tracciano, dato che non ho nulla da nascondere?" bensì: "Qual è il motivo per cui vogliono sapere tutte queste cose su di me?". Blank stares. E ora, tutti i nodi stanno venendo al pettine. "The city’s police force has spent more than $3 billion amassing information that reveals where you have been, whom you have interacted with and what you have said, thought and believed. Unlike previous surveillance methods, new digital tools allow law enforcement agencies to conduct surveillance persistently, universally, at an unimaginable scale. They can do so with no special permission, no oversight and no advance planning. The results amount to a digital time machine that not only makes our past constantly available to law enforcement officers but also can provide them with predictions about our futures.Traces of this system have surfaced regularly in news reports for years. Journalists at multiple outlets have reported the N.Y.P.D.’s intrusive surveillance on peaceful protests, popular hip-hop shows and kids across the city, all in the name of fighting crime before it occurs. If you commute by car, police algorithms can predict what time you’ll likely head home on any given Wednesday and what roads you’ll take to get there. The city’s computers are constantly passively compiling this information in case it is of use to them later, a version of the film “Minority Report” made real. "The surveillance has reached such a scale that it has begun to erode a large number of people’s basic civil rights.New Yorkers who merely fit certain demographic categories or public profiles may be subjected to a higher number of police interactions, which can result in the loss of their property and peace of mind and endanger them physically. They may lose housing and job or educational opportunities. They may have to curtail the way they move through the city, express themselves and interact with others." Continua qui: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/15/opinion/nypd-surveillance.html Buona serata, Federico
