Don't ever open your door for police that don't have a warrant.
It did feel really weird that they were asking me what my ‘intentions were’…
If you knew anything at all about police you wouldn't have thought it was weird at all.
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This is where federation and even the blockchain would actually be useful.
"I started to wonder, how hard is it to actually make a company like Flock?” Sistilli explained in a YouTube video.
Making a company like Flock is not very hard technically.
What's hard is to buy the right politicians, and to trick enough police departments into depending on your system, to be allowed to conduct sketchy mass-surveillance with total impunity.
This guy solved the technical problem, but didn't have the means - or the desire - to take care of the corruption side of things.
Without blatent corruption, the only way to start a successful company these days is to create a gambling operation or a scam.
"trick"
lol
They should open source everything and make it so we can all make them.
Hmm. A federated flock that only tracks police...
... and billionaires.
This is America. If the police or ICE say it's a crime, it's a crime.
The article takes place in Canada though
I’m quite certain that any application of civil rights would cause problems with the authorities.
We must not forget that that is how our government in this country is intended to operate: adversarily, and by means of that, democratically. Fascists function by breaking down democratic systems of any kind.
Speaking out against, criticizing, the current government is our number one protected right as Americans. Telling a president to go fuck [them]self is among the most patriotic actions one can take
But, you know, there’s context
The only thing getting fucked by Trump (these days) is ~~democracy~~ anything that can be purchased with an impotent tiny dick and an even more atrophied tiny corrupt greedy brain...... :(
That's not how you spell children.
Trump can't fuck kids like he used to, anymore.
Not since the last one nearly bit his dick off
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/donald-trump-epstein-files-allegations-00816123
Hard target to find, but anyone who has been around a cat or dog with fleas knows that even a miniscule nuisance can be picked off clean.