Privacy

33499 readers

399 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Would you make it in a world of surveillance? (european-pirateparty.eu)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/13631

A game that raises attention to biometric mass surveillance:

The European Pirates and the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament launched the social impact video game ‘The Biometric Outrun’[. In this game] players must escape facial recognition technology while navigating through three different levels of camera systems in public places. Whether gamers are able to complete the game depends on their ability to collect information on the current state of the debate on banning biometric mass surveillance.

Play the game here:

Web: https://www.greens-efa.eu/tools/game/index.html

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/app/the-biometric-outrun/id1576163249

Google Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BickhofeGames.TheBiometricsOutrun

top 7 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Remember to wear a ski-mask and stay 60 feet apart from FR cameras

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

Or remember to sign the petition here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

lol the game sucks, but it's absolutely intense in trying to bring the message across

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

Yeah the game isn't the best but it's clearly cool to see this kind of initiative to spread awareness

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

this seems interesting in the game on steam?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

No, it's only on web, IOS and Android. It's a really short game (~3-4min maximum) so steam isn't really good for this case I guess. The main goal is to raise awareness about the subject while being a bit entertaining for people who might find it abstract/complicated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Would I make it? Yeah… I could.

But, I definitely wouldn’t like it.