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I wonder whether these apps are used by police, cool TV FBI agents and the likes, and whether their ability to fight terrorism, drug and human trafficking, etc
by trhway 7y ago
I wonder whether these apps are used by police, cool TV FBI agents and the likes, and whether their ability to fight terrorism, drug and human trafficking, etc would get negatively impacted by limiting of those apps.
- inetknght 7y ago> whether their ability to fight terrorism, drug and human trafficking, etc would get negatively impacted by limiting of those apps. I seriously doubt it. First that I strongly disagree with the war on drugs. Second because, while human trafficking is certainly a problem, I think the scope of the problem is made out to be far larger than it is in actuality; it's often hand-waived for more security, more laws... but what are the actual yearly numbers of people trafficked? If the FBI gets a warrant to find you using your phone, they don't need to install an app for that. If they want to see what's on the phone then surreptitiously installing an app isn't going to guarantee that either.
- kevingadd 7y agoEven if these apps are used by the police etc, that's typically only allowed if they make sure to only sell to cops. Of course, that's usually not actually enforced, but services like GPS tracking arbitrary phones or cracking iPhone passcode security are usually limited in this fashion.
- _underfl0w_ 7y agoLaw enforcement wouldn't need a 3rd party app on the phone when they have 3rd party products like GrayKey boxes.