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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State (greenwald.substack.com)
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Hacker News.

Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

The contradictions in the US are crazy.

We're living in this enormous Panopticon - a massive digital fishbowl - for tracking and harassing and arresting lawful citizens. But you can kidnap an Olympics announcer's mom, live on camera, and no one can find you. No one can catch you. Even as Ring runs "Find My Dog With AI" commercials during the Super Bowl.