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My local police department would be really interested in this tech. They've been using automated license plate readers, facial recognition tech, drones, predictive policing, and have a Ring doorbell partnership.


In a very real way, American police departments are functioning in roles that the military serves in most dystopian societies.


Where do you live? Remind me not to visit.


Any major city in the United States has all of these features


It's really incredible that we just let ourselves slide into this surveillance dystopia, isn't it? I yearn for the halcyon days of August 2001.





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