MynameisAllen@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWe really need a modern day Robin Hood hacker typemessage-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down16
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareWe really need a modern day Robin Hood hacker typeMynameisAllen@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoI thought I read somewhere that they actually used face rec and CCTV, but leaked that it was a call-in tip to obfuscate the extent of the surveillance state from the public?
minus-squareColonel_Panic_@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoAnd he just happened to still be carrying around a backpack full of evidence several days later for funzies. Convenient.
minus-squareleoj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI mean, I don’t doubt that honestly, makes a lot more sense to me especially since they never got any reward money. Also could of been a way to “legalize” the illegally obtained facial recognition, or some other form of illegal intelligence gathering.
I thought I read somewhere that they actually used face rec and CCTV, but leaked that it was a call-in tip to obfuscate the extent of the surveillance state from the public?
And he just happened to still be carrying around a backpack full of evidence several days later for funzies. Convenient.
I mean, I don’t doubt that honestly, makes a lot more sense to me especially since they never got any reward money.
Also could of been a way to “legalize” the illegally obtained facial recognition, or some other form of illegal intelligence gathering.