They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them(nytimes.com)

10 pointsby toddwpricevor 5 Jahren3 comments

They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html

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Did the blackshirt antifa arsonists have phones? What about the more violent among the BLM protestors? They were called "mostly peaceful" for doing exactly this, but now that same conduct is an "insurrection" and we're not allowed to disagree if we want to keep a job.

How about nobody burns down anything? Can we manage that? Yes, even if a big fat meanie is president.

bobcallmevor 5 Jahren

> How about nobody burns down anything? Can we manage that? Yes, even if a big fat meanie is president.

I think you might be asking too much of people here. They can't seem to help themselves. Censorship and violence is OK when their people do it under the guise of cause X but it's not OK when other people do the exact same thing.

throwawayseavor 5 Jahren

I wonder where this source worked. Any guesses? I feel like that would be a good start in addressing the bigger issue, which is this incredible violation of people's privacy.

Also I find this story a bit icky in mentioning and tracking a particular individual.