I would absolutely assume that any system that sends your image to LE is part of a facial recognition system in practice. We know now that the cameras do recognize people and intentionally transmits images of them, for later identification.

For a long time I would argue (as an IT support person who would have to support your wireless keyboard problems) that having a wireless keyboard was wasteful and unnecessary if you never used it more than 3 feet from your computer anyway.

Feels pretty exploitive.

You can get them to acknowledge how perfectly aligned he is with fascist ideals and actions, somehow the jury is always out.

That tells me a lot.

I think MSG has the ability to ID every person at the Knicks game who booed for DJT, and you know how petty and sensitive that person can be.

Remember when Hegseth invited all the generals into one big room for some reason? Some people think that it was to point cameras at their faces and do a bit of sentiment analysis.

The tech is in place. Is there enough decency or the lack of enough motivation to make these scenarios unlikely? I'm not sure.

I can remember in the late 1990's Berkeley Public Library was considering adding RFID tags to the books as asset tags. The public push-back was significant and surprising at the time. Freedom-loving library patrons were concerned about nefarious tracking. Proponents of the new tags thought that the concept of tracking people or the books they read was rooted in paranoia.

In a very real way there ARE malicious AI agents working tirelessly to create and spread memes via language and sound to alter our brain software.

The latency is in the audience/performer energy.