alt Hacker NewsThis specific point is addressed in a famous 1995 anti-technology essay by Ted Kaczynski.
Specifically paragraphs:
127. A technological advance that appears not to threaten freedom often turns out to threaten it very seriously later on. ...
128. While technological progress AS A WHOLE continually narrows our sphere of freedom, each new technical advance CONSIDERED BY ITSELF appears to be desirable. ...
129. Another reason why technology is such a powerful social force is that, within the context of a given society, technological progress marches in only one direction; it can never be reversed. ...
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Melodramatic slop from the original edgy school shooter. There are plenty of technologies that increase freedom. For example, I am substantially more free to not die of smallpox, which would have been quite limiting to my options.
Who ever said facial recognition wasn't going to threaten freedom? None of those points feel at all relevant or substantive to the topic of discussion