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How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke: Cops Search Flock Database Typing Reasons for Searches Such as "LMAO," "LOL," and Random Keyboard Mashing

a month ago by beep to c/technology

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With no warrant requirements, limited guardrails, and deficient audit processes, ALPR databases have fostered a culture of unrestricted access to everyone’s location information. This culture of abuse has allowed police to treat a mass surveillance network like their own personal search engine, permitting the tracking of the movements of everyday citizens for low-level complaints, personal whims, and sometimes, seemingly, for the lols.
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medievalistdruid 29 points a month ago

It doesn't surprise me at all. Who knew the maniacs who frequently abuse their power would abuse their power?

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MangoCats 13 points a month ago

It's just demonstrating that the "reason for search" field for accountability actually has zero accountability. This should be tied to the identity of the person filling the field and mockery of procedure should be grounds for demotion and/or loss of access, but we know that neither is the actual way things run.

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theneverfox 4 points a month ago

It's because of dilution of responsibility.

Private companies aren't restricted by the Constitution, so they're not on the hook. Police are just using a private service, so the department isn't on the hook either

So really, it's no one's responsibility to make sure this isn't abused. That's what we have to fix

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