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South Korea gives 400 stalking victims app to track their stalkers in real time (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] 70 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Stalking victims frequently have to move regularly to escape their stalkers. Stalkers needing to avoid one town is a minimal restriction for their offense.

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  • [+] -8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

    The problem is when you think about actual non-stalkers.

    I think this is a too rough, crude, gross, extreme, disproportionate and easy to abuse and misuse “solution” for that problem.

    There are many overly narcissistic and self-centered people who are going to be thinking that anyone who walks in the same direction as they are necessarily an stalker, and then there is the issue of revenge, blackmail, hate crimes and so on that a person can commit with an application of that nature.

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  • [–] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    actual non-stalkers.

    If you're in the app, you've already been categorised by the legal system as a stalker. If non-stalkers are being categorised as such, that's the problem, not the app.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago

    Well, I have to admit that I didn't read the article, just the title, now I have read it and understood the system.

    Sorry, my bad for making a hasty conclusion.

    I still feel that it can be abused because for a non-stalker is difficult to actually prove in a meaningful way that they're not an stalker, and as such can be easily mislabeled. That's specially problematic when you take into account things like pretty privilege, poverty traps, class dynamics, etc.

    But at least now it seems a bit more reasonable. I just hope that it's used in a fair and responsible way.

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