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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 (www.eff.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1402217/how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-as-a-joke-cops-search-flock-database-typing-reas

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[–] 12 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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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  • [–] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 24 minutes ago*

    Thats by design. We know about accountability. We know how to implement it into software. Thus was designed this way on purpose. Dont count on it being fixed by itself. We will have to force them.

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