Technology

I recommend reading the article, because holy fuck is that whole thing dystopian, but here's who was there:

Those present included representatives of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir, which works closely with the US military and has contracts with the NHS. IBM and the private prison operator Serco also attended alongside tagging and biometric companies, according to a response to a freedom of information request.

Ah, yes. The very companies that helped install a fascist in the US would be great partners to bring about safety and criminal reform, and they would definitely not inject their fascist ideals into the UK government, eroding and poisoning it over time. Sounds like a brilliant plan! /s

Tech firms will suggest any invasive nonsense that will make them money.

Those present included representatives of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir, which works closely with the US military

A completely unsurprising list of companies lol

Why not just tattoo a number on their arm?

I'm sure there's no possibility that subdermal trackers would ever be used in shitty ways.

Cyberpunk is a warning, not a goal.

They will not use their massive amount of money and resources to create a society that eliminates the conditions that generate criminal behavior (scarcity, no communal support systems, etc.), but they will do this shit.

Monitoring in technology bros minds:

• we will prevent crime

Monitoring in real world:

• Look Johny according to this map this pedophile was near the school again
• I see no crime report from that area, did the auto-sentence software added him a month because he violated paragraph 124123415 ?
• No it crashed again, need to submit it manually, what a moron, now he have 100 years in prison, he will never get rid of this chip
• this new donuts place is awesome.

The 80's tried to warn us but somehow these fuckers took it all as a manual

In other news, tech firms propose new idea for lucrative government contracts.

Look, they traded morals for money (if they ever had) long ago. No surprises here.

society would be so much more advanced if the uk stopped electing conservatives

Come on, we don't need tracking devices embedding under the skin.

Just use an AirTag. Much cheaper.

I really want to know the name of the contractor who made that proposal.