"We're going to have more visibility and less privacy. I don't see how you stop that."
Well, you could start by trying to fight them instead of being an apologist for them and trying to make it happen.
The mayor of NYC coming out strongly and decisevly against the surveillance state would be huge. It would definitely spark a public debate, and would probably lead to laws being passed against wholesale surveillance.
What's the legality of obscuring one's face in public? There's potentially a market in avoiding facial recognition. I'm reminded of the "scamble suit" of A Scanner Darkly.
Bloomberg is really an awful being, all things considered. His response to people feeling the government shouldn't tell them how much soda they can have is "look at me I'm not fat, these laws aren't for me." What an adult way to govern. And this whole attitude of "haha you're afraid of big brother" or "wow look at all this magical technology .. I mean I have pledged to do some kind of bogus 'code year' so you shouldn't expect to have any sort of privacy" is just ridiculous of a public official; you'd expect this from some backwater town, not New York. Honestly, his response of "I don't know how we stop that" is just comical. Vaginal probes exist, the technology is ready to go, but I think there is a clear answer for how we prevent government from using them on people.
That's actually why I love him though; don't get me wrong, I don't always agree with him. But I can count on him to always do what he wants (in the sense that he said he'll do X if he's (re-)elected, and he does), and do what he says he will. I can trust him to not stick by party guidelines, and not be forced into doing or saying something because it's politically correct. I find his brutal honesty refreshing, even if I don't agree with what he's saying or doing.
Well, you could start by trying to fight them instead of being an apologist for them and trying to make it happen.
The mayor of NYC coming out strongly and decisevly against the surveillance state would be huge. It would definitely spark a public debate, and would probably lead to laws being passed against wholesale surveillance.