The government has been using these tools on people for near a decade already.
ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous
Submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 1 month ago
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Correct. The weaponization against US citizens has been ramped up recently, which is of course the meaning here
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yes, but the sheer amount of ICE thugs and the fact that there’s seemingly no qualifications needed, let alone security vetting, means that ICE getting it is WORSE than the rest of the government already having it.
You don’t want cops to be able to spy on you with no due cause, but you REALLY don’t want people who wanted to be cops but weren’t qualified or trustworthy enough to pass even THAT super low bar to be able to!
Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not an expert and I say it’s dangerous.
yakko@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Is that what experts say? Oh no!
CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Idk, can this possibly be as dangerous as Tylenol usage? Or vaccines? Or access to healthcare? Or Human rights? Or freedom of speech? Or renewable energy? Or a stable economy? Or legal immigration? Or the ideologies that match the founding of our country? Or taxs? Or prosecting pedophiles? Or religious freedom? Because a lot of “experts” have said that these are all pretty dangerous too.
Maybe some experts could make a graph to chart out how these dangers compare to eachother?
schwim@piefed.zip 1 month ago
If they simply bought an already available tool, it’s already being used against you by other parts of the US govt. If it was developed for ICE, it will be deployed across other parts of the US govt soon.