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Coldplay kiss-cam shows our surveillance society (www.theregister.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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As is always the case when viral moments of unknown people get uploaded to the internet, they didn't remain anonymous for long, with the internet quickly identifying them as the CEO of data infrastructure outfit Astronomer, Andy Byron, and its Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot. We're not going to weigh in on Byron's, who internet sleuths have determined is married (for now), or Cabot's behavior - making someone pay for the moral transgression of an alleged extramarital affair may be enough reason for the internet to go on a witch hunt, but that's not our concern here.

What's worrying is what this moment says - yet again - about us as a society: We have cameras everywhere, our personal data has become one of the most valuable commodities in the world, and we're all perpetually ready to use that tech to make those we feel have violated the social contract pay publicly for their transgressions.

This is hardly a new phenomenon.

Pretty sure it goes back to grade school.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (9 children)

Fuck em. Fuck cheaters and fuck the C-levels, and fuck the kind of cheaters that do it in front of their other C-levels buddies in their private box.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe -3 points 18 hours ago (8 children)

Why? Because you hate humanity?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

Because I'm not wasting sympathy on cheaters getting caught cheating in public.

Oh No SoME bAD pEoPlE fAcED theIR DEsErVeD cOnSeQuEnCes

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe -3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

But you don’t know they are cheating. You’ve decided that’s the narrative you want to give you dopamine.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It seems pretty clear to me too tbf. They wouldn't have acted as such if they weren't doing something wrong like cheating on a monogamous spouse. And if that is indeed the case then they do deserve whatever comes their way imo, as a victim of said transgressions myself.

But also this surveillance state sucks.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like not our business.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Tbf if my spouse was cheating on me, I'd appreciate the heads up.

Interesting you identify so hard with cheaters though. Tell your spouse I said hey.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Is that how I identify or is this how you’re getting your dopamine today?

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Seems the former.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

have you seen the clip LOL

I guess he resigned for no reason?

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