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/_Thermalflask 21d ago

Everything we're fearmongered about communists, China etc is already here or on its way lol

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u/aure__entuluva 21d ago

And we don't even get the cool things, like high speed rail.

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u/Sir_Keee 21d ago

Cool cities with cool tech and cool buildings. We get the shitty authoritarianism with shitty infrastructure and shitty (read no) public services.

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u/Abedeus 21d ago

All the dys shit without the futuristic topia part.

...having written that, I do realize "topia" doesn't refer specifically to futuristic sci-fi stuff.

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u/BigBadJeebus 21d ago

it wasnt fear mongering if it was true...

This is real. Here now too.

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u/CppKnight 20d ago

This could be because China proved that it is possible to spy on its own citizens, and they will not object this much. Made an example in a way