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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by lopmotr on Sunday March 18, 2018 @06:04PM (#16614706)
Why don't you want the police to be able to find your when there's a crime? What if you're the victim of a kidnapping? Or murder that goes unsolved because Google wouldn't tell them who did it?
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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by groby_b on Sunday March 18, 2018 @08:21PM (#16615334)
The incident rate of kidnappings is so low that it's not anywhere close to ranking in the first volume of "List of Things I Worry About".

The government abusing data it collected on its citizens to silence dissenters, however, is something I've seen on a daily basis. And so, we set priorities.

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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by dwaltrip on Sunday March 18, 2018 @07:18PM (#16615089)
My main concerns are how such tools may facilitate automated injustice, as well as providing the means for heavy-handed political/intellectual influence and control.
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