So what part of "Orwellian" didn't the American public understand?

[rcjordan]

Bumping a 2013 thread on purpose.  Note how much is just accepted as surveillance-as-usual now.

The concept of accumulating all the social markers that make someone (or some corporation) likely candidates for criminal activity is logical. But seeing it applied shrieks of Orwell....

Florida cops use AI to target people for a new "enhanced scrutiny" program
https://boingboing.net/2021/07/27/florida-cops-use-ai-to-target-people-for-a-new-enhanced-scrutiny-program.html