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When Eyes in the Sky Start Looking Right at You (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by brassorchid@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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New satellites that orbit the Earth at very low altitudes may result in a world where nothing is really off limits.

I want to rip out their eyes.

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[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We've got laws for that, just takes a while for them to catch up to innovation.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I live in the US so I don't believe in "the rule of law".

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

In Germany you can get your home hidden on Google maps since the start. So it's possible!