I mean, people use dash-cams protect themselves in case of a car crash, so do you think people in the future would also use body-cams protect themselves in case of being involved in a fight?

    • Tordoc@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Very true, I forgot about the doorbell cameras! Neighbors on FB will often post their camera footage when a “suspicious” (read: black or young) person drives by

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Humans are lazy. Having someone else set up all the details is a lot easier than doing it yourself. Until we fundamentally change the human condition, it will be a losing battle. The best we can likely do is limit the damage and reduce the difficulty of taking the better road.

          • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            For seasoned self hosters, it’s a little effort. For novices it’s more work. For the initiated, it’s a huge effort, for no apparent gain.

            We are fighting the Nash equilibrium, and I can’t see how we can adjust it in favour of self host etc. It’s better to fight the battles we can win, than pour effort after the impossible. In this case, it’s to provide an independent option that is as low effort as possible. This can become a reference to keep the excesses of the big companies limited, to some degree.

            • ValmondEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Today it might be as much a hassle as to assemble a micro computer in the eighties, but I bet it will be one as easy as filming with your mobile phone in the future.

              • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Question for you, what percentage of people now build their own computers? It’s far less than it used to be.

                • ValmondEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  The point was that in the future it will be easy to set up surveillance cameras

                  • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    It already is extremely easy. It’s easy due to companies hiding the complexity. Unfortunately, those companies operate in a capitalist system. Until either the whole system changes (unlikely) or human nature changes (very unlikely) they will always drift towards data mining.

      • harmonea@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Secure, self-hosted services take knowledge to set up. Everyone wants a plug-and-play solution.