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mrluckysmith 16 hours ago

I think Flock could be very useful to track actual criminals. However, any queries to the system must require a warrant and publicly available track record.

hightrix 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It would be even easier to track criminals if we required all people* in the country to wear always on devices with GPS, always on cameras, always recording audio that are illegal to disable or turn off.

But that would be OK as long as a warrant was required to access it, right?

* - All people unable to pay the government to disable the device.

mrluckysmith 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Personal space intrusion doesn't equal monitoring public roads.

arealaccount 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Considering how ubiquitous public roads are it sorta does

NetMageSCW 13 hours ago | parent [-]

And how impossible public roads are to avoid and live.

patrickmay 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Requiring a warrant would be better than the status quo, but the very existence of the data is too high a risk, in my opinion.

malwarebytess 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The tool shouldn't exist, period.

That people defend this is shocking. Absolutely zero foresight.

mrluckysmith 15 hours ago | parent [-]

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Grombobulous 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If oligarchs can opt-out it shouldn't exist.

They can live in gated communities, travel by chauffeured cars owned by contracted businesses multiple LLCs deep, fly in private airports on private jets, or just go live on a yacht in international waters.

mrluckysmith 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Oligarchs can always opt out and they do opt out. It's almost the definition of having power: rules for thee but not for me.