Mexico drug cartel insurgents beating Mexican army in gun battel

[redpoint5]

The technology exists to essentially peer back in time across a city and solve major crimes like this.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts...ticles/eye-sky

While I'm typically saying government needs to stay out of things, the ability to solve serious crimes and reduce the number of detectives on staff and possibly reduce crime seems worthy of an experiment in certain terrible cities. I know, it goes against my signature, but then again, I never considered that people have a right to privacy when they are out and about in public, and all the standard laws of warrant procedure can be applied to this method of data collection.

[freebeard]

It's an amazing system when they let it work.

In the UK NHS is [apparently] metering health care based on whether they think your a racist and/or some other thing. Basically an ad-hoc social score.

The emergent problem is that now the surveillance isn't the governments doing, it's that devil's spawn from Internet, social media.

[turn down your speakers] HYPER-REALITY

[redpoint5]

With some exceptions the sky is mostly free to fly. You’re also allowed to photograph from the sky. It’s a small step then for private enterprise to sell that info to those willing to pay. If governments don’t want to pay a subscription fee to assist their policing, I bet there would be people willing to pay top dollar for their own curiosities.

Might be a shortish window of opportunity though, as I expect body cams to be commonplace at some point. I’ve considered the utility of recording life 24x7 so that I can save those moments that are so easily forgotten. Deep conversations had while enjoying scotch, for instance.

[freebeard]

A permanent record of things that aren't illegal yet? What could possibly...

[redpoint5]

We've already got dash cams that record public scenes. Not too crazy to think we might have some sort of body cam at some point (Google Glass for instance). Say there was a bank robbery and the guy gets away in a stolen car. With enough cameras out there, people could piece together where the guy came from and where he went.

I'm big on the right to privacy at home and the 4th amendment, but as I say, have never held that you have a right to privacy when in public.

As far as government becoming too authoritarian; we've got the responsibility to keep them in check.

Anyhow, this reminds me of a Black Mirror episode:

The Entire History of You

[freebeard]

Then there's the cloud of eyes in low Earth orbit. Cubesats fly a little higher than the SR-71 Blackbird.

[redpoint5]

It's all about signal to noise ratios. Being closer to the object in question increases signal and decreases noise. Sensors are getting better all the time though, so it wouldn't surprise me if one day cubesats can snap a decent picture of a small object (person).

Season 2 of Jack Ryan on Amazon has something to do with orbital imaging. I haven't finished so no spoilers please.

Drones make sense for surveillance since the cost is low, and the ability to repair or upgrade their equipment is very easy. They can be made very fuel efficient for long loiter times, especially since you don't have to design them to carry people.

Technology always tends to get used first for destructive purposes before it gets used for constructive purposes.

[freebeard]

I'm in favor of quad-copters that use directed sonic weapons to blow out forest fires.

[oil pan 4]

3 women and 6 children/babies slaughtered by cartels today.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cousin...resident-trump
Vehicles ambushed, mom shot and suv set on fire with children strapped into car seats.

Mexico is turning into a failed state.
If Mexico doesn't fix it the US will fix it for them.

Mexico is so bad that 2 guys excaped from jail in northern California, made it all the way to Mexico got there said wow what a s hole and came back.

[freebeard]

Again? Or two days ago?

Originally Posted by FTA

[redacted] says his family would not leave their home in Sonora, Mexico, after a deadly cartel attack earlier this week killed nine of his family members — including Miller.

A suspect was arrested Wednesday near the Arizona border with Mexico in connection with the deaths, six of whom were children.

It looks like they ran someone to ground.

What I hear is that the family left the USofA due to it's oppressive anti-polygamy laws. And they've contended with the cartel[s] before.

OTOH; we could make it our business. Scott Adams contends that the border isn't with the government of Mexico so much as Cartel-held territory.

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