svoncin

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by svoncin 4y ago
So, not the UK then. Thought as much. Whatever issue you have with the law enforcement people you apparently worked alongside for a while, please refrain from blindly transferring this onto UK police personnel whose work you have zero insig
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by svoncin 4y ago
Really, which country? Presumably not the UK.
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by svoncin 4y ago
He worked on the technical support for targeted surveillance of serious organised crime and terror threats. So if you look at this realistically, no, his kit wouldn't have been used to spy on people who weren't at least suspected
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by svoncin 4y ago
That is a very ignorant opinion to be flaunting with such confidence.
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by svoncin 4y ago
You will hopefully be relieved to learn that TSOs specialise in covert evidence-gathering technologies for serious crime investigations, and are not making machines to blow your legs off or shoot your face in. They're part of the teams
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by svoncin 4y ago
Definitely, it just makes me respect the Raspberry Pi team even more than I did already. Sticking up for their new colleague, and shutting down all those pompous whiners with ego-puncturing flippancy. I love to see it.
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by svoncin 4y ago
So I found the original thread ( https://raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_Pi/109477121398103132 ), and I must say these irreverent responses from the Raspberry Pi account are raising a smile from me, it's refreshing to
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by svoncin 4y ago
> “I was a Technical Surveillance Officer for 15 years, so I built stuff to hide video, audio, and other covert gear,” Roberts is quoted as saying in the post. “You really don’t want your sensitive police equipment discovered, so I’d di