The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.

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[–] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The bad very much outweighs any good that these cameras are alleged to help with. Fucking traffic violations?

Okay, maybe tracking a murderer etc. might be a good use of the system, but the ratio of that happening, and what they are being used for is ridiculous.

I reject the notion that mass surveillance has any valid use whatsoever, even including tracking murderers. The mere existence of the system has chilling effects on the non-criminal citizenry that makes it absolutely categorically unacceptable regardless of what alleged benefits it tries to claim.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Ah yeah, I don't agree with it either, but if pushed and playing devil's advocate, I can see that it might help catch a murderer or rapist.

    It still doesn't outweigh the bad that it does though, imho.

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