No civil rights infringements with this handsome investigator!

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Data used mass surveillance when he saw your mom
But to be fair mr Data did misuse AI irresponsiblly also (to create Moriarty)
- That was Geordie though.
  
  Geordi is probably also guilty of mass surveillance. He admitted to peeking at the cards in poker for curiosity so how can we know that he wasn't tempted to look through a duratanium door or wall every now and then?
- Data is ai
Also without using AI. Oh wait...
- You can just ask the ships computer where anyone is at any time. Seems like a big privacy violation from the get go.
  
  Part of the difference is that most Starfleet officers have the discipline to not do such things. A point that was brought up in TNG s1e26 "The Neutral Zone":
  PICARD: I'm Captain Picard.
  RALPH: Excellent. Now, maybe we'll be able to get some things straightened out.
  PICARD: We may indeed. Those comm. panels are for official ship business.
  RALPH: If they are so important, why don't they need an executive key?
  PICARD: Aboard a starship, that is not necessary. We are all capable of exercising self-discipline. Now, you will refrain from using them.
  
  Can you? The only people who we've seen use that feature are people who would be the authority to do so anyway, like the Captain/First officer.
  
  "Computer, locate Ensign Boimler"
  "Ensign Boimler is in the Emergency Medical Crisis Lavatory on Deck 4."
Does he? He could literally be interfacing with the holodeck off-camera and know everything about the program.
- He could... but he won't, bc ethics (and a desire to be more human) 😁
- Looking at a mirror that is behind me is m'ass surveilance.
He also solved the crime by knowing the plot in advance
jokes on you, though. he has material substance, and he has eyes. mass surveillance, you rubes!
Stop it. You are confusing the cops. You are telling them to not use mass surveillance but to refer to Data
I like Worf's turn as Sherlock. He just keeps meklething suspects until someone yields.
I mean… how do you know what sort of api calls he’s making and databases he’s querying on the backend?
- I don't know if he actually has wireless access.
  
  Well, after all, he is (wiggles eyebrows) fully functional. He probably just needs to erect his antenna.

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