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AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows::The decision to install cameras in UK lay-bys aims to prevent littering but one campaign group described the approach as "meaningless."

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 10 months ago (19 children)

Gee, I'm sure there aren't any national security ulterior motives...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

I’m just not convinced that there is one government out there that doesn’t spy on its people one way or another.

They’ll never ever give up the ability to collect intel on its own people, but we can sure put up a fight and hold them off as best we can.

Wonder how the founding fathers would feel about this, but kinda expect just to find out they were doing the same thing but with physical people/spies

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who are the UKs founding fathers? King Arthur and his knights?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I was applying the story to the states who also share a problem in this, sorry for the confusion

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