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

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

  • grue@lemmy.world
    17·
    3 days ago

    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.

    • Babalugats@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      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.

      • yucandu@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 days ago

        I always respond with “so would putting a GPS tracker on all of us and tracking our every movement, officer.”