A suspect’s arrest in an alleged assassination attempt against Donald Trump “required some old-fashioned police work, securing the perimeter and interviewing witnesses” — not indefinite retention of ALPR data, EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/us/politics/trump-assassination-suspect-technology.html
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 07:29:54 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation -
Randall Lee (bltpizza@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 07:37:21 JST Randall Lee @eff @nytimes the city of Akron installed those spy cameras all over the city but they did nothing to help catch a mass murder suspect that shot up a birthday party.
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MegatronicThronBanks (megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 08:04:02 JST MegatronicThronBanks Really, really getting over this pissant law enforcement surveillance bullshit.
I don't begrudge the spooks their eyes everywhere - it's their job. But the police, and especially corporate entities, can just go away.
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