> Laws cannot stop a technology that is easily availabe, like number plate scanning or face recognition. Nothing can stop it.
Which is why I said that completely illegal is not realistic. What laws can do is provide a scope and framework on how technology is used. Data retention, sampling, court admissibility, etc... are all pieces that can be argued and adjusted to fit with new technology. But, like I also said above, I don't have faith that current law makers understand technology enough to make any of these laws. It will take some overreach cases that end up in SCOTUS to get anything done.
> You might just as well outlaw knives
Using knives in a certain way (stabbing someone for example) is against the law. Using this new technology in certain ways could also be against law.
Which is why I said that completely illegal is not realistic. What laws can do is provide a scope and framework on how technology is used. Data retention, sampling, court admissibility, etc... are all pieces that can be argued and adjusted to fit with new technology. But, like I also said above, I don't have faith that current law makers understand technology enough to make any of these laws. It will take some overreach cases that end up in SCOTUS to get anything done.
> You might just as well outlaw knives
Using knives in a certain way (stabbing someone for example) is against the law. Using this new technology in certain ways could also be against law.