Snitched Out by Tech

by Anonymous

Everything is snitching on you these days.

You're buying a fancy remote-controlled car, your child accidentally hits old grandma, she hits the curb with her head, and you're getting to jail.  Why?  You weren't even there.  And your little one ran away when he heard siren lights.

But this little remote-controlled device has a serial number.  They track it down, pull your details from the manufacturer's website, and boom!  Your credit card, address, full name.  It's all there, waiting forever in the database.  It's now you who killed grandma.  Good luck fighting this in court!

Imagine you bought a drone, just to make some good number of vacation trip pictures or even videos.  It's a new version now and you sold the old one on Facebook Marketplace.  This old one goes to Ukraine, or Palestine.  Then it ends up in the hands of (((Mossad))), or MI6 - you name it.  It has a serial number, they track it down, and you're now a terrorist.  They even have an amendment that allows them to charge you with terrorism without too much evidence.  Bad luck caused by "good" intent.

Did you know they even put a microchip in sneakers?  It's not even visible.  A serial number that "protects" against counterfeits.  They can track you down, a peaceful protest supporter who accidentally lost one shoe is gonna go to jail.  Even if nobody ever gets caught, they can definitely find you and prosecute you for being at a certain location at a certain time.

Clothing?  Here is what they say: "Starting from the Fall Winter 2020-2021 collection... garments can be authenticated, wherever they were purchased, either by using the 12-digit code or by using a mobile phone to scan the QR Code."  Your t-shirt, jacket, shoes, phone, your drone, your remote-controlled toys, headphones, you name it, has a number that can be used to pull all information on you.  We're like giant walking Trojan horses, paying for things that don't make us free.

Is there a guarantee that your next t-shirt won't have invisible code that can be used to track you down?  Some time ago we freaked out how color printers used to print barely visible yellow code so the serial number could be tracked.

Maybe I'm saying obvious things, but it's a new reality now.  In this regard, used things are better.  Amazon is better than the official website.  eBay is better than Amazon.  Craigslist is better than eBay.  And garage sales are better than Craigslist.  Leave no trace.  Time for burner emails, burner social media accounts.

You won't get the freedoms that we had before.  If even possible, it would take a great deal to get them back.