Eyes of Iran: How the Islamic Republic secretly monitors citizens in real time

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61278037 [https://lemmy.ca/post/61278037] > > ::: spoiler Content warning: speculation and discussion about dystopianism, US fascism, mass surveillance > After ICE murdered Alex Pretti, it became known that he’d had a run in with ICE a week earlier, which was documented as he went to the ER for a broken rib courtesy of ICE. Knowing the prior interaction, the question arose as to how spontaneous the killing of Alex Pretti was. Was a decision to capture or kill him issued, on the day of his murder, as soon as he was recognized by the surveillance apparatus, before any ICE agent interacted with him? > > Based on what this article about 2020 Russian technology used in Iran suggests, I’m more convinced the killing of Alex Pretti was more pre-meditated. My fears of facial recognition in general are pretty piqued after reading this > ::: >
One of the worst mass killings in contemporary history
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