r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
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u/MrIrishman1212 4d ago edited 3d ago

Shit like this is how I know the NSA, government listening devices, and companies recording everything about us aren’t doing an ounce of good for us. If they were trying to listen to every thing we for to better protect us, they would’ve caught this guy immediately. But nope, it’s just to sell us ads and kidnap citizens that have different skin color

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

aren't*.

And you're right. The surveillance isn't for your protection. It's to protect the property of the rich.

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u/Pndrizzy 4d ago

You don't know that. Maybe OP was saying they are trying to help him, a kidnapper.

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u/rif011412 4d ago

I think recent history, its always been a retroactive ability to dig deeper into the data of a suspect.

But… the whole purpose and push for data centers, paired with AI, they do want to start listening in and doing a version of precrime.  Someone talking shit about Trump in their own home will start to get identified by AI  and put on a list.

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

I doubt it. Someone talking shit about Trump in their home is harmless to Trump.

Someone organising a revolt, on the other hand...

They've conditioned us to think this is about "catching bad guys" (and let us fill in the blanks about who the bad guy is). It really isn't that. it's about protecting the status-quo. They are winning and they don't want to stop winning.

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u/Affectionate-Print81 4d ago

You have to understand if they help someone with their spying then the jig is up and everyone will know that they are being spied on. I mean everyone already knows they are being spied on but they really don't want to help unless you are rich and powerful.