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Being against public surveillance doesn’t mean I want to abolish ALL forms of law enforcement/ crime prevention.

My concern (living the UK, a country with a disproportionate number of cctv) is that a society with extensive surveillance infrastructure creates the capability for abuse tomorrow. Once cameras, facial recognition systems, vehicle tracking, and data retention systems exist, future governments inherit those powers regardless of their good intent (or not as the case may be).

It’s already happening here. These systems are being used for “behaviour analysis” and tracking of lawful activities like protests and political activity. They his kind of mission creep is a slippery slope.

There is also the question of effectiveness. The UK has one of the highest densities of CCTV cameras in the democratic world, yet evidence on their impact varies significantly. There is little statistical reduction in inner city crime as a result beyond drug crime (20%), which in my opinion could be handled in a much more positive way.

I can’t speak for other countries.

So yeah, I am anti government surveillance.

So to be clear, you are okay with being surveilled by the government?

I don’t think this is correct.

Public photography is generally acceptable in law in France until you publish the images. You risk civil or data protection claims if you publish identifiable images without a lawful basis or consent.

I am not a fan of this technology, but as far as I am aware there is not expectation of privacy when in public.

I am filmed constantly without my knowledge when in public in the UK.

I’m also fixated on an Amyl and the Sniffers track at the moment.

Specifically “Doing in me head”

https://youtu.be/ZPwH9hWo6lE

One of my biggest corporate language irritations is people saying “yourself” instead of “you” and “myself” instead of “me”.

“Can yourself send that to myself?”

No. You are not a Victorian butler announcing the arrival of the Duke of Norfolk. You work in Accounts Receivable, for fuck’s sake.

It is this bizarre belief that adding extra syllables makes someone sound more professional or intelligent, when really it just makes everything sound artificial, evasive, and frankly a bit bullshit.

Corporate environments are full of this kind of linguistic inflation.

Normal human communication gets replaced with this weird padded dialect where nobody speaks plainly anymore, and everyone sounds like they’re terrified of just saying the fucking thing they mean.

Article is behind a paywall on mobile.

Source for this bullshit?

Prepare three envelopes.

That’s the point of running a company, yes.

Just pointing out his results were pretty good in this regards. You believe you are able to do better?

Doubt.

Since 2011 when he took over Apple, to 2020, Cook doubled the company’s revenue and profit, and the company’s market value increased from $348 billion to $1.9 trillion.In 2025.

Just saying.

Struggling to finish the second. Doubt I will even start the third.

I don’t see ads in any of those applications.

IT Operations manager here who dreams about quitting to be a hospital porter. Everything I enjoyed about my career has had the life sucked out of it now and I spend my days battling with C-Suites who want to insert AI into every aspect of the business.

Fucking LOL!

+1 for Portainer. It’s just such a great tool to use.

Company recently got acquired by a private equity firm so I have stopped acting as the adult whilst I wait for the call to let me know my services are no longer needed.

IT Ops Manager here. I was told by C Suites I was becoming “difficult to work with” in my attempt to slow and control the constant deployment of AI into every aspect of the business.

Oh man, thanks for reminding me this exists. Wonderful!