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The problem is by then it might be too late to fight it. They'll get so used to identifying everyone in real time at all times, that someone wearing a mask or trying to hide from the "system" in any way will look very suspicious and will need further tracking through other means. And the government from the police to the FBI will get very used to it because "how could ever catch the child kidnappers without that ability?!"


> The problem is by then it might be too late to fight it.

It is never too late to fight something. Everything changes with time. It might be too late for an easy victory but if you study how things change and evolve over decades you'll see that's just a self-fulfilling prophecy. Many things that people say are "inevitable" have failed and many existing trends get reversed. For a couple of recent technological ones just look at the failing of the "inevitable" SOPA, the Comcast and Time Warner merger, and net neutrality actually becoming the regulation instead of being destroyed.

If you believe you can change something you often can, if you don't believe you can change it then you definitely won't.




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