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[–] 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Such a mystery that this keep happening.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    These are just the ones we know about. I'd guess for every one person who gets charges brought there are at least 100 cops getting away with the same damn thing. We won't have a clear idea of how bad the problem is until years from now, and that's assuming that the American coup doesn't stick. If it does, this will be the norm for a while. Widespread abuse, and a few who fuck up badly enough to get caught.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Apple said his office received a tip Friday from an outside source that Moore was using a Flock camera to track a former acquaintance, and an internal investigation began immediately.

    I wonder who the outside source was. Was it someone at Flock, or another third party able to monitor law enforcement searches? Or was Moore bragging to her friends about illegally stalking her ex?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    I fully believe that there's a cop out there who's already used these things to stalk and kill people, and either they just haven't been found out yet or their blue brothers are covering for them.

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

    How things like this keep hapening? It's a mistery!

    Joke aside, that's why a liberal govt pursues data minimalism.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    At least flock is helping identify all the creeps.

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    "It's a necessary tool. We need this tool to combat evil," he said.

    What a shit ending. No. It’s not necessary.

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

    absolute power corrupts absolutely...

    Look. We really opened Pandoras Box with the Patriot Act. Collective societal fear ruled the day and plenty of entities found ways to exploit surveillance to make money. But I admit that never in a thousand years would I have guessed a mass private surveillance network. I was always fearful of state over reach, but not this privately driven partnership with every level of government.

    Now, in my opinion, it's too late. Yes there is push back, yes even Florida banned them recently. A rare Florida win. But these companies are like ticks with an endless supply of blood. They'll latch on, get plucked off, but find another vein to tap into. You have to cut off their heads, but today's governing systems don't have the power or ethics to do that.

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

    Didn't Florida just go with a different company that does the same thing?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Yes and no. They wrote some interesting rules to exempt certain properties and public ways. Essentially, permits for readers on state controlled roads are revoked. They must be removed by the end of September.

    How it plays out, no idea. Private property and local byways (as far as I can tell reading Tue FDOT order) are OK. So home depot parking lots can still Flock you.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Oh and she was an outstanding investigator ._.

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