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[–] [email protected] 105 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Our local sheriff is using some spy level shit in our county that he refuses to explain.

He keeps "happening" upon crimes just "on accident." yesterday it was "stopped to take a pee in public park and caught a baddie" and two days before that it was "just happen to follow and pull over a guy with lots of pounds of pot hidden in the car."

The US police are spying on Americans phones, internet, GPS, and everything with no judicial recourse because it is corporations spying and then "giving the info" to the police for money.

The US law enforcement has gone full STAZI but using capitalism as additional cover.

The US is dead.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Let's all apologize to Stallman.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

the man has rarely been proven wrong in anything tech related he has said

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Good thing you put the "tech related" qualifier on there. He probably should have stayed in that lane.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Indeed.

It's also a reminder of why we shouldn't mindlessly celebrate celebrity figures like they're deities.

Stallman has amazing views regarding FOSS, but yeah, some of his other opinions are... interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This made me think of Jordan Peterson....some of his early stuff on actual psychology was interesting and informative.....then there is all the other stuff, you had a lane stay in it.

But I guess very minor celebrity can go to someones head and make them do crazy things. /s (damn you Poe's law)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

He should’ve cleaned his own fucking room.

I will say his recent interview of (by?) Alex O’Connor was spectacular, though.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

Let’s all apologize to Stallman.

For the twice a day that broken toe-jam-eating watch is right?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

They're probably just capturing SMS messages or regular calls. Which is still illegal without a warrant, but who watches the watchers? Use encrypted chats and encrypted calls if you're worried.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“on accident“ 🤮

I know. Who SAYS that? It's by accident. One doesn't plan these things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

'Round here we say "with accident" or "of accident", thank you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As the old and venerable neuromonkey once said:

Welp. Just let the nukes fly, then. First it's "on accident," and before long you've got meth addicted baby prostitute warlords running the local Walmart.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

That's also a red flag for a dirty cop getting information from criminal group A to go after competition.

You should probably move.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mind telling us which sherrif this is?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I think it's the one in New York named Spyder Mann

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Do you have an article on this?