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[–] 160 points 1 month ago (19 children)

Victims can open the app and track a tagged suspect’s location and direction of travel once they come within a 2km radius. If that distance falls below 1km, police and probation authorities receive an alert and contact the victim.

seams okay for me

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago* (17 children)

    That seems pretty short though, surely it would mean you are not allowed to live, work or even vist the same town they live or work in.

    Like if anyone I knew was to be my stalker, one of us would have to quit their job and sell their house to relocate.

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    [–] 100 points 1 month ago (25 children)

    This is both a fitting punishment and a nightmare from a privacy perspective

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  • [–] 46 points 1 month ago (12 children)

    ...and a great security/relief for victims. I'm a vivid apologetic for privacy and security, but this seems like an acceptable thing.

    People seem to be fine to be transparent and 24/7 surveilleid with their phones. Some even seem to be fine to install doorcams from US-bigtech or spy-devices that can switch on a light. Heck, they even pay for those!

    This at least is a vers useful application of privacy invasion.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    People seem to be fine to be transparent and 24/7 surveilleid with their phones. Some even seem to be fine to install doorcams from US-bigtech or spy-devices that can switch on a light. Heck, they even pay for those!

    yeah, not us

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    You know what? I'm OK with a panopticon specifically for convicted stalkers. I realize the potential for a slippery slope, but I think the risk is worth it in this one case.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It wont stay confined to stalkers, it'll start being used for poor people in general.

    Trangressions like being late to work will be held against you. You know they will.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    uses data from court-ordered electronic ankle monitors

    Soo, your line of thought says that we are all gonna gef an ankle monitor? At that point i doubt the app is the kickstarter of the problem...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Living on Earth is a nightmare from a privacy perspective.

    They have space binoculars pointed at you & AI is allowing them to transcribe everything you say into words even they can understand

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    How short will Orswell, Asimov, Huxley or Bradbury be...

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Aldous would be hunched over from perspective & the weight of understanding.

    George is standing tall with a trail of aspiring writers behind him.

    Issac is hiding in a cave, pondering the essence of technology.

    Ray is floating in a vacuum of space, imagining the concept of oxygen.

    All are exactly the same height, 1 book tall. Unless you are counting their bones, which are likely mostly brittle or ash.

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  • [–] 71 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    Ankle tags if anyone is wondering:

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Now do the same with corporations and ceos

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I imagine it makes beeping noises and displays a blip on a radar display like the proximity devices in alien movies. Shudders.

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    And so it seems the stalker has become the stalkee. Delicious.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    It's interesting that I've never seen a single Korean news article about this. And this is a country where even the petty stupid arguments between neighbors make national news.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

    Imagine getting buzzed every time your stalker's train passed near your apt on their way to work or vice versa.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    So how does this work if a convicted stalker just lives or works within a few km of where a victim lives or works?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    I have no idea, but if I had to guess based on a couple of court cases that came up on youtube, the stalker has some carve out where they can go to work, but they have to take very inconvient ways to get there to minimize proximity to the victim.

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    Yeah. Pretty reasonable tbh this one fuck stalkers

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