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Cake day: September 28th, 2023

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  • 2 million is a very small contract in this context. More than likely this is for a targeted operation, like accessing the phones of known drug or human traffickers. They should absolutely disclose the nature of the contract to the public, but I have a hard time believing this is for some sort of mass surveillance or violation of privacy. The cost for that would be significantly higher from what I know.















  • Historically, that is correct. However, the technology to automate this is extremely accessible now and low/no cost. Also, there was no widespread threat of misuse via AI in the past, so I get that there was no need in the past. Going forward, I think it’s something we need to think about.

    Today, the same photo you presented could be misused with AI to meaningfully obscure what is going on and confuse people about who held what kind of views. So there’s a double-edged sword here.

    Just to be clear, I do believe in the right to photograph anyone and anything in public, at least in the United States and any other countries that respect that freedom. I’m just trying to point out that the issue is complicated.