Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp...
by hinkley on Saturday August 07, 2021 @12:30PM
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Law enforcement likes convenience as much as the rest of us humans.
The counter argument is that LE did okay before modern tech, and that the technology they already us extends their reach rather than just keeping up with an arms race.
The “next to each other” bit establishes a pattern of behavior that creates an investigative priority that might lead to probable cause. Do they have other sufficient options to do “old fashioned detective work” under the new system?
If so, then as the goal of society is not to make law enforcement as efficient as possible, how much pushback is reasonable and healthy, and when do we just cross into anarchy?
The counter argument is that LE did okay before modern tech, and that the technology they already us extends their reach rather than just keeping up with an arms race.
The “next to each other” bit establishes a pattern of behavior that creates an investigative priority that might lead to probable cause. Do they have other sufficient options to do “old fashioned detective work” under the new system?
If so, then as the goal of society is not to make law enforcement as efficient as possible, how much pushback is reasonable and healthy, and when do we just cross into anarchy?