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> you are under educated (sic) about how the justice system works. What an arrogant and ignorant comment. You can absolutely have your probation or parole revo

> you are under educated (sic) about how the justice system works. What an arrogant and ignorant comment. You can absolutely have your probation or parole revoked for something like this. No conviction necessary. Also you're wrong about PII being removed, unless you think that your photo and first name don't constitute PII (in which case, I hope you are never tasked with handling PII at your job).

djrogers 8y ago
> You can absolutely have your probation or parole revoked for something like this. Then maybe you shouldn't be PUBLICLY posting about things like this in Venmo. Good grief people - this twitter bot did nothing to expose people that a cop/PO couldn't already do using Venmo.
- daveFNbuck 8y ago
  The whole point of the bot is that people didn't realize they were posting this information publicly.
  - wruza 8y ago
    The whole problem is people on probation posting “drugs” as payment comment. I’m not american, but cannot imagine a country where this wouldn’t attract “sir are you an idiot” looks. Feels like those who complain want both healthy society and easy crimes at the same time.
    - daveFNbuck 8y ago
      Not all drugs are illegal drugs, not all posts actually contained the word "drugs", and the people doing this likely didn't understand that the posts were public.
imgabe 8y ago
> You can absolutely have your probation or parole revoked for something like this. No conviction necessary. If you're already on parole, how about not buying drugs? I agree drug laws are ridiculous and draconian, but maybe let the people who are not on parole poke that particular hornet's nest. Or at least, if you absolutely must buy drugs while on parole, how about not publicly announcing it on social media? You don't have to put anything in the Venmo comment field, let alone a needle emoji.
- anothergoogler 8y ago
  I see we've entered "if you have nothing to hide" territory. I've sworn off travels to that terrible place.
  - imgabe 8y ago
    What the hell does that have to do with "if you have nothing to hide"? I'm saying if you do have something to hide, then freaking hide it. Besides, aren't regular drug tests a condition of most parole? So what exactly was your hypothetical genius parolee planning to do with those drugs anyway?
    - LeftTurnSignal 8y ago
      People either still use drugs and then use fake or someone else's piss for the test, or if they have some willpower they just sell. So that's what the "hypothetical genius parolee" is planning to do with it. It's not rocket surgery.
      - imgabe 8y ago
        > It's not rocket surgery. Nope, it sure isn't. If you're selling drugs while on parole, and then posting about it on social media, you're going to be back in jail sooner or later, regardless of what Venmo does or doesn't make public. I mean, I understand the dislike of authority. Drug laws are stupid. But that's just plain incompetence, man. If you want to be a criminal, at least be good at it.

djrogers 8y ago

> You can absolutely have your probation or parole revoked for something like this. Then maybe you shouldn't be PUBLICLY posting about things like this in Venmo. Good grief people - this twitter bot did nothing to expose people that a cop/PO couldn't already do using Venmo.

daveFNbuck 8y ago
The whole point of the bot is that people didn't realize they were posting this information publicly.
- wruza 8y ago
  The whole problem is people on probation posting “drugs” as payment comment. I’m not american, but cannot imagine a country where this wouldn’t attract “sir are you an idiot” looks. Feels like those who complain want both healthy society and easy crimes at the same time.
  - daveFNbuck 8y ago
    Not all drugs are illegal drugs, not all posts actually contained the word "drugs", and the people doing this likely didn't understand that the posts were public.

imgabe 8y ago

> You can absolutely have your probation or parole revoked for something like this. No conviction necessary. If you're already on parole, how about not buying drugs? I agree drug laws are ridiculous and draconian, but maybe let the people who are not on parole poke that particular hornet's nest. Or at least, if you absolutely must buy drugs while on parole, how about not publicly announcing it on social media? You don't have to put anything in the Venmo comment field, let alone a needle emoji.

anothergoogler 8y ago
I see we've entered "if you have nothing to hide" territory. I've sworn off travels to that terrible place.
- imgabe 8y ago
  What the hell does that have to do with "if you have nothing to hide"? I'm saying if you do have something to hide, then freaking hide it. Besides, aren't regular drug tests a condition of most parole? So what exactly was your hypothetical genius parolee planning to do with those drugs anyway?
  - LeftTurnSignal 8y ago
    People either still use drugs and then use fake or someone else's piss for the test, or if they have some willpower they just sell. So that's what the "hypothetical genius parolee" is planning to do with it. It's not rocket surgery.
    - imgabe 8y ago
      > It's not rocket surgery. Nope, it sure isn't. If you're selling drugs while on parole, and then posting about it on social media, you're going to be back in jail sooner or later, regardless of what Venmo does or doesn't make public. I mean, I understand the dislike of authority. Drug laws are stupid. But that's just plain incompetence, man. If you want to be a criminal, at least be good at it.