They're predicting your crime before you do it. That sounds like science fiction, but an investigation by The American Prospect alleges Anthropic is building what critics call a "corporate pre-crime" apparatus. Real-time monitoring software. Job postings reportedly categorising activism alongside terrorism. If companies start treating protest as a threat category, we all lose something.

Here's what bothers me most: this isn't happening in some distant authoritarian state. It's happening inside companies that shape the Technology we're told will define our future. Activists who question rapid AI development are, if these reports hold up, being watched in real time.

Meanwhile, the wider pattern is familiar. Metadata, tracking pixels, smart glasses capturing footage of strangers. Shadow profiles built from people who never signed up. Surveillance isn't a bug in the system anymore. It's the business model.

You can limit what they collect. Use a browser instead of the app. Block the trackers. Scan for sensors around you. But individual resistance only gets you so far. At some point, this needs collective pushback. Your right to protest shouldn't depend on whether a corporation finds you inconvenient.

What's your take: is this pre-crime, or prudence?

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