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Tread on us harder!

• nullbio 2mo ago
  What are you so concerned about exactly?
  • jasonlotito 2mo ago
    Imagine having a life you value. Now, imagine you have opinions you express. Now, imagine expressing those opinions destroys the first. Before you jump in with a rebuttal, any comment you reply with here must include your full name and address, otherwise, you admit to being a bot and therefore worthless. That's the concern.
    • nullbio 2mo ago
      Now imagine that none of that is relevant because we're not talking about listening devices or communication tapping. This is just false equivalence, and this false equivalence is why people are immediately so defensive of anyone who suggest Flock is a good idea in principle. As for the 'full name and address', also not relevant, Flock is not obtaining either of these details.
      • harimau777 2mo ago
        If I can track your car, I can determine if you went to a protest. If I can determine if you went to a protest, then I can punish your speech.
        • nullbio 2mo ago
          99% of the people who attend protests take their phone with them. Furthermore, Flock does not prove you participated in a protest. What if you were going to a shop near a protest? What if you were going to the park? This would never be considered sufficient evidence for anything actionable. Also what's to say you aren't counter-protesting?
          • harimau777 2mo ago
            It would be pretty easy to determine most people's basic political alignment (e.g. party registration is public record) and therefore which side of a protest someone was on. I don't think it is likely that an authoritarian government would care if they could prove that you were actually at the protest. Even just prosecuting someone, even if it has no chance of success, is a significant punishment.