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    LWD@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 days ago

    A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

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    A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

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    LWD@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 days ago
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    The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state where abortion is illegal can search cameras in others where it's a human right.

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    • Nikls94@lemmy.world
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      Isn’t this some misuse of power felony?

      • LWD@lemm.eeOP
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        I assumed American police just have infinite power and, more recently, extra legal protection on top of it

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          Probably will get a lovely paid vacation if anything

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          ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅰️🅱️, don’t forget start and select!

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            I’m pretty sure it’s BA, not AB

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              Where’s the C come into this

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                Gamecube? Or was it N64?

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                  Sega Megadrive

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              Don’t tell me how to cheat!

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              You are quite correct. This guy isn’t getting any extra lives, just extra embarrassment.

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      Facism becoming public.

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      This is some Fugitive Slave Act bullshit

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      In Texas, you say

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        It’s the freest state in the conf– Union, don’t you know

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      Regardless of gender, ethnicity, or age, if the implications of stories like this aren’t bothering you, you’re failing to grasp the implications.

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      Small government.

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        Government so small it fits in your uterus

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      “Protecting” women my foot.

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      Don’t cops have jurisdictional boundaries?

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        Only if they’re enforced.

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        The family reported the person missing so they probably got around it

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      Perhaps I’m missing this in the article:

      Presumably towns, cities, and state agencies are the ones buying these cameras. Are they able to opt out of data sharing or manually control requests? If not, is there anyone working to put these cameras on procurement blacklists?

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        The government doesn’t want to blacklist them. These cameras aren’t being misused, this is exactly why they are being installed by cities across the nation. They’re fine with them being used for shit like this because they know that when it comes to go on their own witch hunts, they’ll be able to.

        And to top it off, the local politicians in charge of deciding things get a nice kickback from Flock.

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      Damnit, were the sovereign citizens right about not having license plates?!?!!

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        Just gotta put a gold fringe on the license plate and then it’s not an American license plate it is a Navel license plate and they no longer have jurisdiction.

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      Privacy doesn’t come cheap: https://www.stealthveil.com/guides/anpr-alpr-countermeasures-blockers-and-privacy/

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      Fuck you’re right hahahaha

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