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Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries

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jsrozner · 1790181848 · focus · HN ↗
The best solution is a constitutional amendment that actually enshrines a right to privacy. Among other things, the retention, aggregation, correlation of any personal data should be illegal (including for commercial purposes). (Storage on behalf of users in encrypted form could be made OK. Could also be refined to support retention of data of the medical, legal, etc kind with the attendant non-admissibility protections.)
This would fix this issue, it would destroy the surveillance models of Google/Facebook, and it would fix the Flock issue, etc. It would also fix the Roe v Wade issue: women would be able to get abortions in the first couple months of pregnancy without the possibility of harassment, since law enforcement would have no capacity to detect pregnancy until then.
Also, tech won't save us had a podcast on the dynamic pricing topic: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-data-is-changing-air-travel-w-amanda-mull/id1507621076?i=1000680112948" rel="nofollow">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-data-is-changing-a...
1. roamerz · 1790183836 · focus · HN ↗
  Cool thought but until violating the said constitution actually has enforceable consequences it’s not more than a paper tiger.
  Take for instance the 2nd amendment. It is constantly under siege by government officials, both elected and appointed, as well as an activist judicial. Thankfully the SCOTUS has been somewhat successful in parlaying these incursions but someday the perpetrators will succeed, and I think mainly because there are no consequences for trying.
  Just an example and JMHO.
  1. WalterBright · 1790185844 · focus · HN ↗
    Once people manage to bypass the 2nd Amendment, the next one to go will be free speech.
    8note · 1790205538 · focus · HN ↗
    free speech is abridged without the 2nd amendment being hit.
    unless you are suggesting CNN show up at the whitehouse and shoot anyone that gets in their way to asking the president a question
    WalterBright · 1790207443 · focus · HN ↗
    The White House has always chosen which press could be on the grounds. It's not a 2nd Amendment issue.
    Do you think you or I, frequent posters on the intertoobs, would be allowed into the press room under any Administration? There's no right for us to be there.

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