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> By that line of reasoning, coffee shops should start employing security staff at each table, listening for patrons plotting terrorist attacks If an employee
by hahainternet 12y ago
> By that line of reasoning, coffee shops should start employing security staff at each table, listening for patrons plotting terrorist attacks
If an employee at a coffee shop overheard patrons at a table detailing a terrorist plot. What exactly do you think would happen right now?
I mean, I'm all for thought experiments, but you haven't carried out step 1.
- coldcode 12y agoNothing should, you can't possibly know what they actually mean and you have no context. They might be writing a movie script. They might be CIA. They might be messing with you.
- hahainternet 12y agoReally? Your argument is that even if I overhear someone explicitly planning a criminal act, I should just ignore it because it might not be criminal? Why?
- mihok 12y agoBecause your innocent until proven guilty, think of the insanity that would ensue if you give everyone the ability to prove guilt
- sp332 12y agoI don't know what you mean by "step 1", but coffee shop employees do not routinely monitor all conversations just in case there's something illegal going on.
- dreamfactory2 12y agoyou haven't seen PSAs urging the public to look out for and report unattended packages and suspicious behaviour?
- davb 12y agoI'm not sure what you mean by Step 1, however what you're suggesting is more akin to an engineer at a SaaS provider carrying out maintenance or debugging a fault and stumbling across something suspicious. What's being suggesting is active monitoring of every communication.