Comment on Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoRiots are also rarely planned in the US so so I doubt even a majority of the participants will remember not to bring a phone with them.
It also impacts one of the most powerful tools we have for accountability: the cameras on our phones.
Airplane mode
SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
When you’re talking about massive groups of people you need to accept that a lot of them won’t.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I am not talking about other people, I am saying that any individual who happens to become part of some unplanned ethical riot, has a chance to not be tracked through their phone and still use its function which don’t require any external connection, like camera.
Whether they decide to use it or not is really up to them.
SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Have you been in a riot or a protest that escalated enough to provoke swift/decisive police response?
I’m not challenging your activism bona fides here to be clear. But i am trying to say is that it is very difficult to work through a mental checklist when shit starts to get rowdy and one should never bank on making a series of proactive decisions while under duress/in a time crunch/in really any stressful scenario.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I am not disputing this part - I am just saying, there is something you can do even when the situation is not planned. I am not saying it is easy or anything, I am saying you are not without options.
I am not advocating for state survaillence.