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"In addition to paid informants, law enforcement should turn to people who may know the target of the investigation, including family. “Due to the security rest
by cryoshon 11y ago
"In addition to paid informants, law enforcement should turn to people who may know the target of the investigation, including family. “Due to the security restrictions of such apps, it is increasingly imperative that bystanders—to include parents, teachers, and community members—remain aware of possible signs of radicalization and mobilization to violence and report concerns to the appropriate authorities,” the document says."
This could be the start of our Stasi moment where a substantial portion of the population is actively rallied to rat on each other's perceived criminal behavior independent of technology.
The good news here is that LEOs are being stymied (temporarily) by gradual public adoption of secured communications technology.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoOr, a return to cultural norms where we all looked out for one another, and are aware of troubled folks in our village.
- cryoshon 11y agoDepends on who you mean by the troubled folks. The heroin addicts bumming around otherwise quiet streets are not the ones that would be targeted by these human intelligence programs. The people trying to organize protests are probably going to be targeted.