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Some uses that spring to mind. Stalking. Finding out if your significant other is cheating. Finding out who your kid has visiting your house. Finding out who vi

Some uses that spring to mind. Stalking. Finding out if your significant other is cheating. Finding out who your kid has visiting your house. Finding out who visits the local abortion clinic for shaming, suing, persecuting, and prosecuting. Finding out who visits the local gay clubs. Finding out whose fucking especially when this is valuable blackmail material. Making a list of everyone's religious affiliations because nobody has ever misused THAT before. Keep track of all the abortion clinics and sell lawsuits as a service. Plug in your name and let it tell you if there is anyone you are eligible to collect 10,000 from. Just check a box to have papers sent to your door and theirs and wait while other people harvest their money like they already reaped their privacy. Privacy laws are in need of radical revision and I think I need a new phone. Ideally one that isn't tied to my name and makes voip calls over an out of country vpn.

citizenpaul 4y ago
You missed one thing. Once your location pops up in one of these things you are now a "person of interest" which is just a fancy way for the police to avoid saying "suspect" You are now in a position forced to defend yourself from guilt rather than them finding something that points to you. Everything about police work is motivated towards finding a reason to pin guilt on you. Nothing is about exonerating you.
- michaelmrose 4y ago
  You are absolutely correct and worse the more this tech is used to actually solve cases the fewer crooks will carry their phones and many crimes aren't pinpointed neatly in time. We will know that sometime between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning someone robbed a location and due to imperfection of GPS signals your suspects will include dozens of people including people who walked by 2 streets over. Over time your suspect list will be less and less likely to contain the criminal but it will statistically likely contain at least a few who got in trouble previously especially minorities who can be threatened with 10 to 20 years in jail in order to make them accept 6 months -> probation or risk facing a jury of mostly white people. You can then successfully close tons of cases without finding any actual criminals, doing any real work, or even risking court. And your local businesses get unpaid slave labor rented to them cheap. What a goddamn paradise. All we need is some cotton that needs picking you know or a soul and a shred of decency.
  - citizenpaul 4y ago
    >fewer crooks will carry their phones Yeah, It actually becomes worse for the innocent. The criminals can just leave their phone at home and actually have an alibi while committing the crime. Meanwhile Mary Jo, is now a suspect for a murder because she wanted a coffee.

citizenpaul 4y ago

You missed one thing. Once your location pops up in one of these things you are now a "person of interest" which is just a fancy way for the police to avoid saying "suspect" You are now in a position forced to defend yourself from guilt rather than them finding something that points to you. Everything about police work is motivated towards finding a reason to pin guilt on you. Nothing is about exonerating you.

michaelmrose 4y ago
You are absolutely correct and worse the more this tech is used to actually solve cases the fewer crooks will carry their phones and many crimes aren't pinpointed neatly in time. We will know that sometime between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning someone robbed a location and due to imperfection of GPS signals your suspects will include dozens of people including people who walked by 2 streets over. Over time your suspect list will be less and less likely to contain the criminal but it will statistically likely contain at least a few who got in trouble previously especially minorities who can be threatened with 10 to 20 years in jail in order to make them accept 6 months -> probation or risk facing a jury of mostly white people. You can then successfully close tons of cases without finding any actual criminals, doing any real work, or even risking court. And your local businesses get unpaid slave labor rented to them cheap. What a goddamn paradise. All we need is some cotton that needs picking you know or a soul and a shred of decency.
- citizenpaul 4y ago
  >fewer crooks will carry their phones Yeah, It actually becomes worse for the innocent. The criminals can just leave their phone at home and actually have an alibi while committing the crime. Meanwhile Mary Jo, is now a suspect for a murder because she wanted a coffee.