Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPolice tech isn’t designed to be accurate — it’s made to exert social controltruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down15cross-posted to: benjamingetthemusket@lemmy.cafe
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkPolice tech isn’t designed to be accurate — it’s made to exert social controltruthout.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: benjamingetthemusket@lemmy.cafe
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoIf a firework can cause a false positive then I cannot imagine a world where it doesn’t.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoI’m honestly not sure how any listening device can reliably tell the difference between a firework, a firearm, or a backfire. And every time I read about it, there is more evidence that it won’t work.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoIt can’t. That’s the problem with this unnecessary surveillance technology.
If a firework can cause a false positive then I cannot imagine a world where it doesn’t.
I’m honestly not sure how any listening device can reliably tell the difference between a firework, a firearm, or a backfire. And every time I read about it, there is more evidence that it won’t work.
It can’t. That’s the problem with this unnecessary surveillance technology.