Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
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Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#2Title too long for submission. Original title:
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#3I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against.
Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#4I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against.
>I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against.
To which case are you referring? TFA doesn't appear to refer to any ongoing litigation associated with the "Tangles" software.
Or are you referring to warrantless geo-fence tracking as a poor use case for the software?
Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#5I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against.
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Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#6I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against.
>I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against. To which case are you referring? TFA doesn't appear to refer to any ongoing litigation associated with the "Tangles" software. Or are you referring to warrantless geo-fence tracking as a poor use case for the software?
Tracking the population without cause is never the right use case for anything.
Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#7Sounds a lot like 'parallel construction'.
Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against. To which case are you referring? TFA doesn't appear to refer to any ongoing litigation associated with the "Tangles" software. Or are you referring to warrantless geo-fence tracking as a poor use case for the software?
Tracking the population without cause is never the right use case for anything.
>Tracking the population without cause is never the right use case for anything.
Agreed. Which is why I submitted this in the first place. But AFAICT, it's orthogonal to GP's comment. Or not. Which is why I asked for clarification.
Re: Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I hate the concept. But this is not the right case to test the tool against. To which case are you referring? TFA doesn't appear to refer to any ongoing litigation associated with the "Tangles" software. Or are you referring to warrantless geo-fence tracking as a poor use case for the software?
Tracking the population without cause is never the right use case for anything.
Transit and traffic planners would be foaming at the mouth for real commute data like this instead of just fixed point count data.