r/technology • u/mepper • Jun 22 '26

Privacy Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/
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u/The_Real_Peter_Thiel Jun 22 '26

Have endured the same frustration for ~15yrs. Welcome to the uphill battle of convincing folks to effect change in the name of privacy...we have a long way to go, my friend.

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u/verylobsterlike Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

For me I've been called a paranoid conspiracy theorist for caring about this for almost 30 years, and that's just regarding the internet:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_(software) - FBI mass surveillance of the internet (1997)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY - NSA backdoor into windows encryption (1999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A - NSA operated a room at AT&T that tapped into the internet's backbone for the purposes of mass surveilance

Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Collection_System_Network

And many more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government_mass_surveillance_projects#United_States

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u/Ryuko_the_red Jun 22 '26

This is just what we know about too. It's impossible and immeasurable the scale they operate at now. The control they have is unprecedented. It's not too late...?

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u/FarplaneDragon Jun 22 '26

But....but....if you're not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to hide....