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Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

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Re: Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

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Post by sambull »

davisr wrote: post #5

I don't comment much, but I feel compelled to mention how this currently has a 36:1 vote-to-comment ratio. The kinds of thing the US military is testing on their own people is horrific, and it's our duty as American citizens to oppose this kind of surveillance. I sometimes feel I'm talking to a ghost. It is truly terrifying that my fellow Americans are selling themselves out. Ring will let the government, Amazon, and…

Technically we tested them on Iraq and Afghanistan.

Guess it's our turn.

Re: Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

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Post by tlb »

davisr wrote: post #5

I don't comment much, but I feel compelled to mention how this currently has a 36:1 vote-to-comment ratio. The kinds of thing the US military is testing on their own people is horrific, and it's our duty as American citizens to oppose this kind of surveillance. I sometimes feel I'm talking to a ghost. It is truly terrifying that my fellow Americans are selling themselves out. Ring will let the government, Amazon, and…

The fact that people haven't commented "this is bad" doesn't mean lots of people don't think it's bad. But such comments don't change anything, and the site guidelines specifically discourage them because they just add noise.

Insulting people, however, tends to derail any useful discussion.

Re: Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

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Post by cheeze »

i_am_proteus wrote: post #15

There's a bit of scaremongering in the headline; these are being tested domestically by the DOD use outside of the US. The DOD isn't allowed to conduct domestic surveillance.

Kind of ironic that they are testing them by performing domestic surveillance then, huh?

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Post by Spooky23 »

i_am_proteus wrote: post #15

There's a bit of scaremongering in the headline; these are being tested domestically by the DOD use outside of the US. The DOD isn't allowed to conduct domestic surveillance.

Sure.

They parked a visible radar blimp over I95 outside of Baltimore and operated it for a couple of years. What’s the difference between “test” and “really using it” when the tests last that long?

There are many loopholes for domestic stuff too. A National Guard member controlling the thing for example.

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Post by cco »

i_am_proteus wrote: post #15

There's a bit of scaremongering in the headline; these are being tested domestically by the DOD use outside of the US. The DOD isn't allowed to conduct domestic surveillance.

I can't fathom this level of good will afforded to the DOD, the history of the US govt's intelligence services _must_ earn them zero presumption of innocence by now right?

Re: Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

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Post by Waterluvian »

davisr wrote: post #5

I don't comment much, but I feel compelled to mention how this currently has a 36:1 vote-to-comment ratio. The kinds of thing the US military is testing on their own people is horrific, and it's our duty as American citizens to oppose this kind of surveillance. I sometimes feel I'm talking to a ghost. It is truly terrifying that my fellow Americans are selling themselves out. Ring will let the government, Amazon, and…

It's even worse for us non Americans. American public is generally more okay letting us get tested on. And we don't get to vote against it.

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Post by chocolatebunny »

i_am_proteus wrote: post #15

There's a bit of scaremongering in the headline; these are being tested domestically by the DOD use outside of the US. The DOD isn't allowed to conduct domestic surveillance.

Once the technology is proven out they could sell the equipment to law enforcement.
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