Debated "A law abiding citizen has Nothing to Fear from surveillance" in Durham Union last night, alongside Professor Charles Raab and Rebecca Vincent; proposing was Professor Anthony Glees. #digtalid #privacy #durham #durhamunion
@jim The problem is that technological capability is amoral, and does not distinguish between, for example, a woman wishing to be educated in Afghanistan, a freedom fighter planning to blow up a religious building, a member of an oppressed minority want to draw attention by damaging some public symbol of oppression, or a group planning to reduce financial inequality by redistributing goods or cash.
@jim Additionally it is hard to unravel the difference between state surveillance - which ideally should have a level of oversight, and transparency - and that carried out by private companies, where the use of the data they have collected may be subject to change, and hard to discover.
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@jim I sympathize with the people hoping the Online Safety Act will solve a variety of Internet related social problems. Safety legislation often involves finding a balance between personal freedom and public good. For example the Road Safety Acts result in reduction in Road Accidents 1/2
@jim If there is a measurable decrease in suicide, anti-social behavior, self harm or any of the other ills which are blamed on unrestricted access to the internet then these can be balanced against the harms of fraud or misuse of personal data required (or claimed by data collectors to be require) by the legislation. 2/2 See also https://blog.wp.paladyn.org/2024/11/14/the-proof-of-identity-problem/