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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by powersnail on Saturday January 23, 2021 @05:35PM (#25886772)
Not just policing. I've found that in USA, the society in general wants to meddle with people's business.

Me and my buddy were standing on the sidewalk of a bridge, making a time lapse. Within one hour, someone called the police on us twice.

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by throwaway0a5e on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:29PM (#25887993)
>I've found that in USA, the society in general wants to meddle with people's business.

Get away from the wealthy areas on the coasts and "noneya business" quickly becomes the societal norm.

Only places rich and population dense do the police have the spare shits to give about what other people are doing.

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by lawnchair_larry on Saturday January 23, 2021 @06:00PM (#25886933)
How can anyone possibly draw conclusions about the USA based on this? Like, really stop and think about all of the fallacies here.

Do that 10 more times on 10 different bridges, and I’ll be shocked if that happens even one more time.

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by powersnail on Saturday January 23, 2021 @09:54PM (#25888644)
My bad. I was speaking in too general a tone.

I should have said that my interaction with the US society has been that people tend to meddle with others' business more often than in other countries that I've been to.

But, yeah, I have many more anecdotes.

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by geargrinder on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:39AM (#25893345)
There are many other countries where I have experienced more societal meddling with neighbors' business. Ignoring the obvious authoritarian countries, many western european countries have a culture of making sure you are doing the normal or right thing. Germany is the easiest example.
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by naewonawonga on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:11AM (#25893121)
>> Do that 10 more times on 10 different bridges, and I’ll be shocked if that happens even one more time.

Likely it would happen another 8-10 times. Happens all the time, the bigger the bridge, the more likely.