Also: the fact that you bought a metro tickets contains zero actionable information for any “agency”. Great, you have a ticket. When will you use it, though?
Yes it does. It links my identity to the locations…
I bought it
I entered the metro system
I exited the metro system
My travel through the city is now in a database. It’s the sort of thing that a authoritarian state would find very useful to track down dissidents.
I’m not saying that Spain’s current government would use it in this way, but they’ve constructed a system that would be very useful to a future bad actor. It’s naive to think governments will always be benign and never abuse such systems.
Yes it does. It links my identity to the locations…
My travel through the city is now in a database. It’s the sort of thing that a authoritarian state would find very useful to track down dissidents.
I’m not saying that Spain’s current government would use it in this way, but they’ve constructed a system that would be very useful to a future bad actor. It’s naive to think governments will always be benign and never abuse such systems.
By the same token you we should be campaigning for everybody being fully anonymous and wearing a mask at all times.
Feels like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Well I’m certainly against forced face reveal so facial recognition cameras can work. I think privacy is something we need to reclaim.