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Re: We want Texans to know their rights

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"Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion." These people really have nothing better to do?

I've got distant family members in law enforcement. They brag about the reach of their equipment to surveil. Yes, they enjoy being overly suspicious.

Suspicious? The word is abusive. Of the law, of their uniform, of their fellow citizens.

Re: We want Texans to know their rights

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Every minute spent tracking down a lady getting an abortion is a minute not spent tracking down a murderer or a rapist or similar.

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Wait you think there are so many exceptions for rape and incest because of the political power of the rape and incest lobby?

Holy fuck. Even for someone who has quickly earned a name for himself and his insane takes, this is a strong entry.

Bravo, ButlerianJihad!

Re: We want Texans to know their rights

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As someone that does, I disagree. Laws on this subject should exclusively apply to providers, with exceptions for medical necessity. There are too many harms that come from targeting individuals to be worthwhile.

this case was a self administrated abortion?

Re: We want Texans to know their rights

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"Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion." These people really have nothing better to do?

> from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader This feels purposefully misleading. Did they manually watch hours and hours of footage, or is this the equivalent of "I searched an online corpus of hundreds of millions of documents" (I Googled it)

Sure, call it that. They Googled it on their comperensive, nation-wide, unlimited access, fully indexed and integrated surveillance network (with 83,000 edge nodes)

Re: We want Texans to know their rights

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post #2

"Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion." These people really have nothing better to do?

> from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader This feels purposefully misleading. Did they manually watch hours and hours of footage, or is this the equivalent of "I searched an online corpus of hundreds of millions of documents" (I Googled it)

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