Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b...
by henryfjordan on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:52PM
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I know you were being facetious, but a mode somewhere in between "track me" (data enabled) and "remove my phone from the network" (airplane mode) would be nice.
Maybe "for the next hour, don't do the normal location-tracking/biometrics monitoring/reporting". I get that Google has no incentive to make that feature but maybe Apple does?
Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b...
by dsfyu404ed on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:28AM
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Basically every normal adult commits at least misdemeanors daily (in the sense that a bored cop could stick you with one and an aggressive prosecutor could nail you for it if you didn't get a decent lawyer) crimes all the time.
Trying to make a black and white distinction between criminals and everyone else is futile.
Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b...
by JTbane on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:50AM
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>Basically every normal adult commits at least misdemeanors daily
This. Drive 5mph over the limit? That's a crime. Buy some stuff off craigslist? I hope you paid sales tax on that, buddy.
"Criminals deserve just as much privacy and safety as anyone else. If the government violates the criminal's rights to solve, prevent, or preempt crimes, even more crimes have occurred (privacy violations, killing of the criminal, etc.)
There should be explicit modes for phones and browsers available to criminals that allow them to safely commit crimes without risk of their rights being infringed upon."