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Comment Who let the reason for a warrantless search be opt (Score 1) 164

Those in charge who let this get deployed with the reason for the search being optional are the most egregious offenders. If that is a design choice by the manufacturers or the police is irrelevant. The statement is loudly displayed that they don't even need a reason to search much less a warrant. Bad faith from the start if you ask me about the constitutionality.

Comment Re:He acts like he's not the problem. (Score 0) 38

All the people who work with Matt Mullenweg don't like him? Let's look at this with a little bit of thought. When the tensions escalated around his standoff with WP Engine, he offered a special buyout package to any employee that wanted to leave. 159 employees accepted the buyout offer amounting to 8.9 percent of the staff. What you're suggesting is that 91.1 percent of the staff stayed to work there despite not liking him or his practices. The number is much more nuanced than your simplistic representation. Even in jest your comment is egregious.

Comment Re:Good or bad? (Score 1) 132

Now I agree "mass surveillance" is creepy, but we can have Flock without mass surveillance.

Mass surveillance is the widespread collection and monitoring of data on large groups of people, usually without specific proof of wrongdoing. This is exactly mass surveillance.

You are arguing that there a benefits to mass surveillance and we should accept them to feel secure in our lives. I disagree with your opinion and think you are naive for thinking mass surveillance won't ever be abused.

Comment Re:EFF Rayhunter (Score 3, Interesting) 172

Besides the abuse of power, and the Constitutional violations via unreasonable search and seizure, this monitoring causes a chilling effect amongst those with dissenting opinions. The protest may go unimpeded but your opinion has you targeted and monitored by the government for not agreeing.

Which part of this is lost on you?

Comment Re:People want biased news. (Score 1) 83

The majority of media companies are seeking profit. Profit for media companies has been driven by algorithms that promote outrage via clickbait vs substance. What you are suggesting is that the media companies are owned by politicians who control the message and how it is presented. I do not believe that is how it works. Sure a politician will gladly accept the distraction and may provide some misinformation (the CIA has done this for decades) but they aren't the media. Media companies decide what to publish and how they monetize, not the politicians. This is the same for all parties.

Comment Re:Yes, please! (Score 1) 50

They (Thiel and Musk) haven't had any involvement in PayPal for 24 years. Currently there are parties to assign blame and concerns to that make sense. Besides being owned by Ebay then spun off there has been eight presidents of the company. What in your opinion do Thiel and Musk do at PayPal for the last 24 years?

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