“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.”
-R B Fuiler
One of the plot points is that in response to panopticon-style surveillance, an underground counterculture emerges of people who become invisible – hiding under camo, blankets, etc. And never speaking; only using sign language directly touching another person’s hands to keep communication private.
And it’s more of a video format than an image format, lots of juicy attack surface
I was being a bit loose. You can video record people in public – just not audio. Any audio on your video recording device makes it illegal.
There are 13 US states like this
Where I live, recording someone without their consent – even in public – is a crime.
I have personally argued both sides on this. Over time I have come to favor it.
EDIT: some background
TBH I chose Funkwhale for my solution because it looked easy and out of the box, I just add a single Docker and subdomain to my existing site.
It wound up being more or less what you describe.
I may well follow OP’s guide and nuke my Funkwhale despite the work I put into it and the fact that it does basically work for its intended purpose
Question: did you consider Funkwhale , and if so why did you choose this other stack instead?
EDIT: fix link sry
It’s the very best of Clarke’s work: when he lets a good writer do the storytelling, and sticks himself to figuring out the logical conclusion of new technology