• Surveillance Technology used by burglary rings; is Counter-Surveillance

    From Pluted Pup@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 5 18:30:04 2024
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3oUYVwM1hU

    with all the hype about how great surveillance, like
    all problems can be solved by ever more surveillance, here's
    a case of the obvious: criminals using Security Technology
    to commit crimes. We can consider this case as a subset
    of what can be called Security Crime: crimes committed by,
    or in the guise of, or using the tools of, Security.

    The obvious is this, with all the crimes caused by
    surveillance, how about renewing the subject of
    COUNTER-surveillance, once considered a news-worthy subject?
    As in the surveilled attacking the culprit? Can't there
    be, and is there, technology that actually helps do that,
    by and for the public, or is this the case where so many
    Very Important People say that surveillance is a panacea for
    all problems, so all public criticism of surveillance be
    denounced, to maintain the status quo.

    And what freaking advice the news says the cops gave here,
    to call 911 whenever seeing suspicious behavior? That
    cuts a wide swath, and so far I haven't called the police
    everytime a solicitor comes a callin', or noticed
    rudeness in people, as rudeness and arrogant behavior is
    the most telling sign of a crime in progress that hasn't
    been committed yet.

    Is this the same police that say that burglary is a mere
    property crime, unimportant, and not to worry about,
    despite the inherent death threat committed by the act
    of burglary, an assault that turns into a murder often enough?

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