cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/651490
also on r/privacy
A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of an Indiana man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame. The app flagged one of the family’s devices as having accessed Pornhub even though it didn’t, and this was the only evidence used to throw the man back in jail. They didn’t even try to prove he was the one who caused the app to flag Pornhub as visited, they just assumed it was him. The article contains multiple levels of “oh my god our system is messed up.”
“Because they consented to the surveillance, they gave up their right to privacy.” Its not consent when you put a gun to their head. Absolute disgrace.
As messed up as this is, it is 100% the way parole works almost everywhere. Parole officers are not required to investigate or prove their claims.