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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 02:53:07 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   • Kansasdotcom

   The “top offender” model is really just a new version of Wichita’s old, court-challenged gang list, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @Kansasdotcom. “Mathematics provides a veneer of legitimacy.” https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article290434454.html

   • Arandmoor (arandmoor@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 03:26:43 JST Arandmoor

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     • Kansasdotcom

     @eff @Kansasdotcom Is it "just math"? Yes.

     Is math unbiased? Also yes!

     Can I trust *any cop* to use the data produced by this algorithm in an unbiased way?

     <oh_hell_no.mp3>

     Honestly, the harder we make a cop's job, the safer we are from their mistakes, and from their biases and other bad decisions.

     Real criminals will always mess up enough to get caught at some point. Simple probability will always work against you.