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What is it’s a mentally ill person who is about to kill themself? That’s the majority of uses for the system in the UK. People love to run away and waste polic
by MagicMoonlight 8mo ago
What is it’s a mentally ill person who is about to kill themself?
That’s the majority of uses for the system in the UK. People love to run away and waste police time.
- iamnothere 8mo agoThat’s not a good excuse for mass privacy violation.
- hedora 8mo ago“A mentally ill person called 911 and said they were going to kill themselves” is a much better justification for pulling GPS data off a phone than any of the rationales I’ve heard from US companies or the government.
- refurb 8mo agoWhat about the other 329,999,999 Americans who aren’t trying to kill themselves at that time? It’s a cost vs benefit analysis and the cost is pretty damn high.
- hedora 8mo agoThey’re not calling 911, so their phones wouldn’t respond with a gps location. I’m not arguing all locations should be collected, just that “during a 911 call” is a really reasonable time to do it by default.
- refurb 8mo agoBut the question is - does the functionality just open the door for everyone else? If it could be adequately controlled so that it couldn’t, I would agree