Two Years Before the MastodonMay 18
It feels like the way people will blur out any license plates visible in pictures they take is a result of people expecting real life to be like the internet. They're so used to anonymity that a license plate being visible is like "doxing" someone.
Show threadscott fMay 18
@mattmangels I like it. I don't want to help anyone surveil anyone. A picture on the internet is far more public and permanent (especially in this age of AI crawlers) than me happening to walk through a space and being able to read a license plate.
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@scott You don't think that people being able to move around totally invincibly and invisibly might not bring out their best angels? Like isn't that one of the reasons people hate cops, that they're above accountability?
May 18 at 9:35pmWeb
Show threadscott fMay 18
@mattmangels wait, what’s the argument here? That me posting random photos to social media that just happen to have random cars in the background, and leaving the license plates unblurred when I do so, is an important crime-fighting strategy?
Show threadTwo Years Before the MastodonMay 18
@scott It sounds like you were saying that cars shouldn't have license plates at all because they could be used for surveillance. If they weren't capable of killing people I might agree; for instance I think the idea of bikes being required to have plates is silly.
Show threadscott fMay 18
@mattmangels That makes sense. No, I didn't say that. I said "I like it," where "it" referred to "the way people will blur out any license plates visible in pictures they take."