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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks maintained by surveillance tech company Flock Safety, including states where abortion access is protected by law, such as Washington and Illinois. The search record listed the reason plainly: “had an abortion, search for female.”

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[-] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago

States allowing this access over state borders and ICE presence are complicit with the policies of the states it is coming from. People from the US have to realize, that the people abusing this, being chosen for ICE, and working to detain ICE detainee's illegally, are operating from very specific states. This bloodless civil war has cost the US its democracy, and it's f-ing hilarious how people think they are going to have legit midterms.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

The issue is that this data is held by a private company, not the government, which is how governments can get around restrictions regarding searches and data collection. You also see this with ICE and border patrol just buying 'marketing data' from airlines to figure out who was on what flight.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think that problem is due to nothing equivalent to GDPR, and privacy laws in the US that are handled at the state level, badly.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Yeah, privacy isn't exactly high on the list of priorities in the US.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

and it’s f-ing hilarious how people think they are going to have legit midterms.

You and I have very different senses of humor

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

The US already fought one civil war over the states overreaching their jurisdictions by abusing federal legislation.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

This issue is rather a lack of federal legislation.

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