• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    To be fair, didn’t Barclay turn himself into a panopticon by enmeshing his brain with the ship’s computer that one time? Is it a loophole in “mass surveillance” if you just happen to have eyes all over a starship?

    • Genesis Climber MOSBURGER@lemmy.ca
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      9 days ago

      His excuse (in retrospect) was “Alien technology did this to me, so how can I refuse?!” 😄 Plus, the mass surveillance existed on the ship before him and all crew members seem to be fine with that when signing on. Given who he was before and during the event in question probably caused a few people, like Deanna, to ask Geordi to do in her quarters what he did in the conference room for privacy.