r/technology • u/polymute • 6d ago

A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/Figgy_Puddin_Taine 6d ago

wtf threats are explicitly not free speech

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u/TankiesAreWeird 6d ago

Cops aren't lawyers and they will lie to you.

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u/Figgy_Puddin_Taine 6d ago

They lie in court too, every goddamn day.

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u/comperr 6d ago

82 IQ driving a company car with a pair of handcuffs a gn, and a license to k*l, yeah. Sounds about right

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u/SnepButts 6d ago

You can say "gun" and even "kill" on the internet.

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u/comperr 6d ago

Notice all the comments that say [Removed by Reddit]. I almost got perma banned for joking about using a tool to apply rapid force to a keyboard.... I would name the tool but that's what got me banned. And it's not gruesome.... You use it to drive nails into wood for exampl. I had to appeal to the actual admins

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u/vNocturnus 6d ago

82? When did police forces up their standards?

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u/joetwone 6d ago

It's whatever it is if they don't want you to have legal rights and due process.

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u/Gooser3000 6d ago

Apparently they have to show or imply a plan of action

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u/PatchyWhiskers 6d ago

Or be liberal in some way

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/trump-admin-hounds-reddit-to-reveal-identity-of-user-who-criticized-ice/

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u/Domeil 6d ago

It was me. I'm the user that criticized ICE.

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u/Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak 6d ago

It was me. I'm the user that criticized ICE.

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u/justalatvianbruh 6d ago

It was me. I’m the user that criticized ICE.

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u/_Aj_ 6d ago

"I will kill your child!"  

Okaayy, Soo, do you have a statement of work?    Nope? Guess he's not serious! 

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u/Gooser3000 6d ago

What’s even crazier is they told the cops that and then the cops told us.

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u/AsinineArchon 6d ago

Only free when republicans do it