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Comment Re:What??? (Score 1) 11

I've though about committing a crime before. When I do so, I'll consider Germany.

The problem is, all the good art and food is in Holland or France. What are you going to steal in Germany?

Lets be honest, if there were anything worth stealing in Germany, the British would already have done it.

Jokes aside again, criminals, even wanted criminals are by still protected by law. The law doesn't stop applying to people when they break it. The definition of an "outlaw" is someone who is expressly denied the protection of the law, so by definition an outlaw can't be wanted (hence the old trope about the wild west outlaw being wanted dead or alive is completely wrong), in effect an outlaw can't seek the protection of the law for crimes committed against them meaning another person can rob or murder them without consequence.

Comment Re:What??? (Score 1) 11

Jokes aside, I think the point is this isn't really a doxxing. Doxxing is an unauthorised release of personal information (usually with the intent to cause harm), this is really the opposite as it's a state releasing the name of a wanted criminal.

No, I think it's a real doxxing. The German authorities know they have little chance of getting their hands on the crims themselves because Russia, but instead they release their identity (complete with photos) and expose them to the attention of interested parties in their own country. These may include other criminals looking to persuade them to share some of their several million Euros/Dollars in accumulated funds, possibly assisted by bolt cutters and a blow torch, and maybe the Russian government themselves.

The Russians may not care about the criminality involved, but seeing a chance to get a couple of extra million to boost their failing economy in the wake of the war with Ukraine, the opportunity may be hard to pass up.

How is this any different to the FBI's most wanted list?

Clue By Four: it isn't.

Or the US seeking Osama Bin Laden, all criminals they have/had little chance of getting so they release the info in the hopes of someone coming forward with info leading to a capture. It also limits where they can travel to as it's a public notice that they're wanted.

This is the exact opposite of a doxxing.

Comment Re:What??? (Score 2) 11

No, we speak English and bad English here. Is that like English NG?

-making sad typos when critiquing grammar or spelling is king of ironic, don't ya think?

Jokes aside, I think the point is this isn't really a doxxing. Doxxing is an unauthorised release of personal information (usually with the intent to cause harm), this is really the opposite as it's a state releasing the name of a wanted criminal.

Comment Living where? (Score 1, Interesting) 116

Where exactly does supporting 3 people on $133k/year count as 'upper middle class'? You could be doing a lot worse, and many are; but that's not just tons of money in a HCOL area; and that's also lower than twice the median salary for full time employees with bachelor's degrees; so you are calling either a single income household doing a bit better than median or a dual income one doing worse 'upper middle class'; which seems pretty ambitious.

Comment Re:Honey, wake up, new hellscape just dropped (Score 1) 63

Realistically, the status quo has arguably outrun the dystopia there. Your phone already does far more than anything you could get into the power envelope of a bracelet or embedded chip implant, and if for some reason you've raised enough eyebrows that you'd be hauled in for an RFID read DNA is a pretty indelible identifier.

It's not 100% ironclad; but penetration is broad enough that you've basically got the majority carrying highly fingerprintable RF beacons and the minority standing out for their relative radio silence and attempts to deal in cash. Expensive and uncomfortable ankle trackers are good business and feel nice and punitive, just to remind the wrong sort of people we aren't happy with them; but you don't really need to impose a surveillance society when it will build itself for you.

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