xombie21

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do we punish people when nothing bad happened ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand what you are trying to get at but those 2 things are equivalent, that’s comparing apples to oranges. Also someone died in your example which anyone would believe to be “something bad” happening.

  The real answer to OP’s question is because the laws that are in place are to be enforced regardless if anything bad happens so everyone is held to the same standard. On the other side of that all citizens are expected to follow the same rules/laws regardless of anyone being around to enforce them. These 2 things are the basis of any society to function in any meaningful way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Many Leave voters have died⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now do do one that shows how many deceased came back to vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hiking survival gear⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  She’s a barback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't all the "illegals" or just some put a tracker on them that goes back to their spouse or something? That way we can go to whereever the place their held at a protest the shit out of it?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From a technical and practical standpoint, any device with location tracking carries a significant privacy risk. Even strong encryption doesn’t eliminate the problem, because the weakest point in these systems isn’t always the math—it’s the humans. Keys can be stolen, accounts can be hacked, and access can be abused by the very people who are supposed to have it.

  We’ve already seen this play out in the real world.

  Police departments have abused phone-based location tools to monitor ex-partners and journalists.

  Companies like Tile and Apple have had to add anti-stalking features because strangers were secretly tracking people.

  And when location data is stored centrally, it becomes a prime target—like when U.S. agencies purchased phone-location data from marketing firms to track people without warrants.

  Once tracking data exists, there is always the possibility that someone other than the “intended” person gets access—whether that’s a stalker, a data broker, a hacker, or a government agency. At scale, a tool built for convenience can quickly become a surveillance system.

  So the issue isn’t just “what if someone abuses it”—the issue is that every trackable device creates an opportunity for abuse. Convenience turns into liability the moment access leaks, laws change, or someone with power decides they want the data.