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Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your... by aylee on Monday August 03, 2020 @11:53AM (#24039300)
Abstracting away all of the details underlying the tech is a double edged sword. On one side, you get massively higher adoption due to a lower barrier to entry. On the other, you now have a massive population of folks who don’t understand the the “fundamentals”.

I’m not sure we “need” to improve the general understanding. I mean how many ppl know how to change their own car tires or oil? If anything you just keep creating niches for ppl to make livings in.

Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your... by WarOnPrivacy on Monday August 03, 2020 @02:23PM (#24041405)
"Why does anyone need to know" is a restrictive premise.

In my experience, what follows it are less rights, less ability, greater compliance & increased malleability (eg: susceptibility to "election meddling").