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If I had to add up the number of times everybody I know offline (in the real world) has run into SWAT teams that massive number is still 0. So to me the risk of

If I had to add up the number of times everybody I know offline (in the real world) has run into SWAT teams that massive number is still 0. So to me the risk of danger by SWAT teams is low.

smeej 6y ago
I've had 3 and I consider my life really boring, from a risk perspective. I wonder if you know these people's lives as well as you think you do.
roenxi 6y ago
Are you pulling my leg? The number of people a government imprisons, de-homes, kills or otherwise causes trouble for is orders of magnitude higher than any corporation. Said government is working on blanket principles and regularly makes mistakes. Them knowing where I am is orders of magnitude more concerning than some dude trying to hawk me stuff based on my location. Last century, if someone was killed by human intervention it was probably at the behest of a government. It'll be same again this century. It will be the same again pretty much every century. I'd rather nobody was tracking where I am, but it is going to be a government that actually abuses the information. How a body can look at the US government go Bush-Obama-Trump-Biden and think "yeah, I'd trust these people to keep tabs on where I am" is beyond me.
thatcat 6y ago
That's pretty poor statistical reasoning about risk.
- austincheney 6y ago
  I have met people who have won the lottery and been struck by lightening but I have never met anybody who has had a run-in with a SWAT team.
  - thatcat 6y ago
    that's anecdotal evidence and has nothing to do with your risk of encountering a swat team
stjohnswarts 6y ago
Risk is low if you're a CIS white male, not if you're a young black male in a poverty stricken urban area (or even just getting caught driving while black and pulled over anywhere). Also the danger level is off the charts. So not the same.
- austincheney 6y ago
  How different are they in numbers?

If I had to add up the number of times everybody I know offline (in the real world) has run into SWAT teams that massive number is still 0. So to me the risk of danger by SWAT teams is low.

smeej 6y ago

I've had 3 and I consider my life really boring, from a risk perspective. I wonder if you know these people's lives as well as you think you do.

roenxi 6y ago

Are you pulling my leg? The number of people a government imprisons, de-homes, kills or otherwise causes trouble for is orders of magnitude higher than any corporation. Said government is working on blanket principles and regularly makes mistakes. Them knowing where I am is orders of magnitude more concerning than some dude trying to hawk me stuff based on my location. Last century, if someone was killed by human intervention it was probably at the behest of a government. It'll be same again this century. It will be the same again pretty much every century. I'd rather nobody was tracking where I am, but it is going to be a government that actually abuses the information. How a body can look at the US government go Bush-Obama-Trump-Biden and think "yeah, I'd trust these people to keep tabs on where I am" is beyond me.

thatcat 6y ago

That's pretty poor statistical reasoning about risk.

austincheney 6y ago
I have met people who have won the lottery and been struck by lightening but I have never met anybody who has had a run-in with a SWAT team.
- thatcat 6y ago
  that's anecdotal evidence and has nothing to do with your risk of encountering a swat team

stjohnswarts 6y ago

Risk is low if you're a CIS white male, not if you're a young black male in a poverty stricken urban area (or even just getting caught driving while black and pulled over anywhere). Also the danger level is off the charts. So not the same.

austincheney 6y ago
How different are they in numbers?