Privacy doesn't matter, the world is a better place

Morris 2022-12-06 04:26:58

Ubiquitous cameras monitor people's every move, every word and deed. Hidden heroes, relying on the magical predictive ability of machines to prevent crimes from happening. The machine's predictive power is amazing, but it can't tell the protagonists clearly whether the person on the number is a victim or a criminal. This setting makes each story full of suspense, and various reversals have their place.

Although most people think that protecting privacy is extremely important, in fact, in today's society, people's privacy is being exposed more and more, and many people don't mind showing their lives on social networks. In a society without privacy, it is easier for the police to solve crimes, it is more difficult for criminals to hide, and ordinary people seem to be safer. But those bosses with hands and eyes and huge power can still act in secret and do whatever they want. When confronting the high-level government, all the protagonists can do is arrange for the victims to flee in secret.

In each story, the protagonists plead for justice while maintaining their secret identities. In other words, with so many cameras and so many witnesses, the police just couldn't find the "man in a suit", and they were really drunk.

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Person of Interest quotes

  • John Reese: [When asked who he is] A concerned third party.

  • [Opening narration, Season 5]

    Harold Finch: You are being watched. The government has a secret system...

    Harold Finch: [voice warping] secret system

    John Greer: A system you asked for to keep y-y-you sssafe.

    [visuals glitch POVs between that of Samaritan and of the Machine]

    Harold Finch: A Machine that spies on you every hour of every day.

    John Greer: You've granted it the power to see everything, to index, order, and control the lives of ordinary people.

    Harold Finch: The government considers these people irrelevant. We don't.

    John Greer: But to it, you are *all* irrelevant. Victim or perpetrator, if you stand in its way...

    Harold Finch: We'll find you.