<![CDATA[Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way.]]>Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way.

WaPo found cops who kept using Flock to spy on women after they left the force.
One used it for five years after retirement, tracking his wife during a custody battle.
Another ran searches while he was suspended (and later fired) after killing a 15-year-old boy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/21/their-police-jobs-ended-they-kept-using-flocks-vast-surveillance-network/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzkyNTU1MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzkzOTQxMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3OTI1NTUyMDAsImp0aSI6IjkzNGFjMDEwLTQyMWQtNGNhNy04ODlkLTE4ZTQzZjBhZjE2ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjYvMTAvMjEvdGhlaXItcG9saWNlLWpvYnMtZW5kZWQtdGhleS1rZXB0LXVzaW5nLWZsb2Nrcy12YXN0LXN1cnZlaWxsYW5jZS1uZXR3b3JrLyJ9.8ifuXWrPb_08oQYHEMV1iv0ogHP6b_oJLriFrDpLt68

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e4becc98-4a97-482c-a76e-c695a19fb8a0/another-day-another-story-where-my-work-on-mass-surveillance-overlaps-with-my-work-in-domestic-abuse-in-the-most-terrible-goddamn-way.RSS for NodeSat, 31 Oct 2026 05:45:05 GMTWed, 21 Oct 2026 14:46:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:42:25 GMT]]>@marti @evacide

This.

An also I wonder: Is there no access control of any kind? Everybody uses the same password? The shit talks to everything in the internet that has the (single) right password --- it is not restricted to machines that live in the police network?

So we have the choice: Totally inept developers and police IT, or we got a bunch of criminals. Maybe it's even conspiracy, since multiple parties have conspired to use such a defective product.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/117481075205081151https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/117481075205081151Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:39:14 GMT]]>@evacide
It's funny, you can't do the same thing with medical information. Colleagues of mine LOST THEIR JOBS for viewing another collegue's extremity xray in 1997! Yet in 2026 there's no privacy for these cameras. It's like it's ON PURPOSE

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marti/statuses/117479883043830238https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marti/statuses/117479883043830238Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:39:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:12:52 GMT]]>@evacide

YET ANOTHER REASON ITS A BAD IDEA TO DATE A COP??

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/116256576622745527/statuses/117479779377749979https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/116256576622745527/statuses/117479779377749979Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:12:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:39:43 GMT]]>@evacide “If you’re innonocent why would you mind being surveilled”. This. This is bloody well why!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/leiawelsh/statuses/117479649044201459https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/leiawelsh/statuses/117479649044201459Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:39:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:48:02 GMT]]>@evacide

So sorry that hits home for you like that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/cynical13/statuses/117479445788769759https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/cynical13/statuses/117479445788769759Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:48:02 GMT