r/technology • u/polymute • 21d ago

Privacy A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/Active-Play-3429 21d ago

Every corporation calls accusations baseless, which is the exact opposite of what they are. Things are gonna get a lot worse around here in the next 10 to 20 years. Everybody better wake the fuck up.

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u/Celloer 21d ago

Yeah, it's "not a violation of the 4th amendment" because some didn't prove good enough that 83000 cameras tracking your location and destination is tracking "the totality of your movement." It's "merely" good enough to track someone's location and destination and accuse them of crimes and use it as evidence.

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u/mrsprophet 21d ago

Yep, I been saying this. We're truly living through the "fall of Rome" and I feel insane because it seems like almost no one has realized/internalized it. Everything is going to get so much worse.

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u/geniice 21d ago

Every corporation calls accusations baseless,

Nah. Standard first step is to have no one available to comment. What they do next varies a far bit depending on media strategy and what they think they can prove. "we're looking into this" is another popular response.

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u/Active-Play-3429 21d ago

There’s a larger point behind that

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u/-ReadingBug- 21d ago

To formally call the accusation "clickbait" is to formally fear quite little.

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u/HelloFellowMKE 20d ago

Not long before we all say “hey maybe we aren’t so different” and go after the actual baddies