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Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] realbadat@programming.dev 41 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh 100% it's better than high speed chases.

And given the history of basically every police force throughout the United States, guaranteed to be misused and abused as well.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, police are already abusing GPS trackers. The thing is that banning technology isn't going to fix that, it's a government that will hold police accountable for their crimes.

[–] realbadat@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago

I don't believe anyone said anything about banning anything.