Manuel_D

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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
The police can, in fact, operate cameras in public spaces and they have done so for decades. ALPRs have been widely deployed since the 1990s. I'm frequent surprised by how many people think that privacy laws block the police from recor
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Automated License plate readers are a half century old at this point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number-plate_recogni...
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Bear in mind that "illegal broadcast" is important here. A pirate radio station does not have a license to play the music it's playing. If recording pirate broadcast is legal, then effectively all copyright laws are moot so l
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
The argument is that it doesn't create another copy, so it's more analogous to receiving a broadcast. Like, if a pirate radio station plays copyrighted music, then the mere act of receiving those signals isn't a copyright vio
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
It's quite clearly explained on the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_aspects_of_file_sharing > In the case of file sharing networks, companies claim that peer-to-peer file sharing enables the
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
For streaming yes, but downloads are still copyright infringement on the part of the downloader. An unauthorized copy is being made on the recipient's machine. It's true that copyright holders rarely pursue cases against individua
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Correct: it's copyright infringement, not theft.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Jones vs USA involved physically interacting with a person's vehicle. Furthermore, the device would track users even if they were on private property. By comparison Flock only operates in public, in places that are in plain view.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
No, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy whole driving on public roads. This was the case even before Flock. ALPRs were invented in the 70s and started getting widely deployed in the 90s. It's remarkable how many people don&#x
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
When did I ever mention small towns?
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
If that's the standard you want to draw, that's fine, but the page description should reflect that.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
The opening of the page claims that these companies' goods and services are directly being used in Gaza: > Their products, services, or infrastructure have been used extensively in military operations in Gaza resulting in mass civi
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Assets can be streamed in for non-browser based games as well. Star Craft 2 would stream in FMV cutscenes. In fact, most recent Blizzard games have allowed players go start playing after only downloading ~30% of the game. At least that&#x27
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
The new WA basically did nothing except re-state existing laws. Ebikes cannot be more powerful than 1 horsepower (750 watt) and cannot go faster than 20 mph on throttle or 28ph on throttle + pedal assist. "Moped-style ebikes" like
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Eliminate the double negative, and you're making the same statement as the comment above.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Many of the companies in that list have essentially zero link to the events in Gaza. E.g. a Swiss company that supplies coal to Israel is considered complicit in genocide. Because Israelis having electricity means complicity in genocide, ap
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
To the contrary, companies have been found liable for discrimination solely based on having the wrong percentages outcomes in its objective hiring assessments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co .
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
It is exactly that. These cameras are only recording cars on public roads (and sometimes e.g in the parking lot of Home Depot, but those areas are still in plain view).
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Is there a reasonable expectation of privacy operating a car on public roads? People generally don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in public. That's why you can record and photograph people in public whether or not th
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Why would it fall apart? The plain view doctrine holds that the police don't need a warrant to observe things in plain view. Like your car driving on the public roads. Privacy laws are generally about protecting what you do in private
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
I'm referring to the case I linked.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Uranium is a heavy metal, like lead. It always was, and will be toxic. Naturally occurring uranium is toxic, even without any enrichment.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
The movement of tectonic plates is something that takes millions, not thousands, of years. Not to mention Yucca Mountain is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
I link the correct case here, in an earlier comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636421 . And you were evidently able to find the correct case regardless.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
> I dare you to try hanging around a school with a DSLR taking pictures of kids in the playground and defend yourself with "But I'm in public." You'll probably get harassed by school staff and parents, but the police
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
You don't need storage if you have enough non-intermittent power to satisfy peak load. Canada uses 1,500 GWh of electricity per day. 12 hours of storage is 750 GWh of storage. Estimated for grid storage costs range from $125 to $250 pe
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
As I wrote in my comment the court did add a caveat that could limit how broadly this precedence gets applied. But at the end of the day: 1) The police did use ALPR data without a warrant. 2) The court upheld the use of ALPR data without
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
Historically low American crime rates are still several times higher than most of the developed world.
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
It established the precedence that use of automated license plate reader data does not require a warrant in at least some circumstances. The decision did mention that an overdue rental car has a lower expectation of privacy, but the court d
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by Manuel_D 4mo ago
But crucially, the police used the ALPR data without a warrant. Regardless of the rental car, the police did use ALPR data without a warrant and the court did allow that to be used in court. It's still a court that came down in favor

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