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iPhone snitch app.

stainless1911

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Its a sad state or State, when we are the ones that feel targeted by these things.

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Tucker6900

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Im gonna call fake on this as well. There is a droid app that lets you do "background checks" of people by simply placing their finger on the screen and the phone will take a fingerprint. The joke is that you put all of their information in before having them scan their finger, then add a bunch of fake crimes that they committed. Good party gag, but fake.
 

jeremy05

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I think its a good idea. Whats so bad about a help LEOs app. I would like to see people reporting crimes and possibly putting more criminals behind bars, or at least off the streets for a night.

And if its used to harass OC people, so what! Nothing LEOs can do against you anyways its legal. This could fast track OC awareness.
 

stainless1911

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I think its a good idea. Whats so bad about a help LEOs app. I would like to see people reporting crimes and possibly putting more criminals behind bars, or at least off the streets for a night.

And if its used to harass OC people, so what! Nothing LEOs can do against you anyways its legal. This could fast track OC awareness.

Because its way way too much like Nazi Germany, and their informant programs. We are a nation who doesn't learn well from History.
 

Radioman

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I would say lets use it. Use it and its network until it overloads.

Lets report every proper lane change, speed limit follower, law abiding citizen we can for doing absolutely nothing wrong. When the system crashes with no legal benefit maybe just maybe somebody might wise up and pull the plug on the boondockle. :banghead:

I know wishful thinking right.

Radioman
 

Venator

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I think its a good idea. Whats so bad about a help LEOs app. I would like to see people reporting crimes and possibly putting more criminals behind bars, or at least off the streets for a night.

And if its used to harass OC people, so what! Nothing LEOs can do against you anyways its legal. This could fast track OC awareness.

Spoken, dare I say, like a Federal Agent:uhoh:

Look beyond the so called intended use. Sure it's good if just criminals are contacted, but do you not see some of the abuses that will take place? If it's real of course.
 
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Bronson

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It's like the Salem witch trials. If I accuse you of being a witch then I must not be a witch myself.

My big concern is the nebulous "Suspicious Activity." Just what and who is suspicious? How is it determined?

Bronson
 

jeremy05

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Spoken, dare I say, like a Federal Agent:uhoh:

Look beyond the so called intended use. Sure it's good if just criminals are contacted, but do you not see some of the abuses that will take place? If it's real of course.

When it comes down to it, only criminals will get in trouble.

I may be overlooking the potential abuses, but all I see so far is people using it to report on OC, but nothing would happen from that so who cares!
 

TheQ

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When it comes down to it, only criminals will get in trouble.

I may be overlooking the potential abuses, but all I see so far is people using it to report on OC, but nothing would happen from that so who cares!

The OCers time would be wasted. Police effort would be wasted.
 

jeremy05

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The OCers time would be wasted. Police effort would be wasted.

Yeah, but this would fast track acceptance! Eventually LEOs would be like not this crap again! I mean thats the goal right? Get people to quit calling and LEOs to stop harassing.

At least in my opinion
 

MKEgal

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The picture they show has buttons for "government waste" and "crime report".
An OCer being detained is gov't waste, and when being illegally detained is a crime.
And how about those TSA agents groping little kids?

But I agree, the concept is scary, and people who would use it against fellow citizens are even scarier.
 

Venator

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When it comes down to it, only criminals will get in trouble.

I may be overlooking the potential abuses, but all I see so far is people using it to report on OC, but nothing would happen from that so who cares!

I'm not talking about OCers. Read some history, read 1984 and then think about it some more. It's just the beginning of something bad.
 
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