Submitted 1 month ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/responding-shotspotter-police-shoot-child-lighting-fireworks
This post was written by Rachel Hochhauser, an EFF legal internWe’ve written multiple times about the inaccurate and dangerous “gunshot detection” tool, Shotspotter. A recent near-tragedy in Chicago adds to the growing pile of evidence that cities should drop the product.On January 25, while…
Archived version: archive.ph/73hZq
Rachel, “LatinX” isn’t a fuckin word. This is why you’re still an intern
If that's your takeaway from the article then you need to get the fuck off the internet.
If a journalist uses “words invented by white girls with the sole purpose of making them feel better about themselves without actually making any difference whatsoever to the lives of those they made up the nomenclature about”, they can’t expect anyone to take their column seriously
yeah nah, we need to call that shit out everywhere it appears regardless of context or getting off the internet won't be enough to escape it.
I wonder what would happen if you use a bunch of Bluetooth speakers playing gunshots on max volume
Kids these days… Pfft!
You don’t need Bluetooth to play sounds out of speakers, LOL! They have a limited range anyway.
Use token ring over RG-6U coaxial 👍
I was thinking LoRa, store the gun sounds locally. Use microcontrollers :p
kubica@kbin.social 1 month ago
Lol, what a scam.
deafboy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was clicking the link convinced that the issue is not the tool, but the “experts” reacting to it. But 20k fucking false alarms a year?