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A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of an Indiana man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame. The app flagged one of the family's devices as having accessed Pornhub even though it didn't, and this was the only evidence used to throw the man back in jail. They didn't even try to prove he was the one who caused the app to flag Pornhub as visited, they just assumed it was him. The article contains multiple levels of "oh my god our system is messed up."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Because they consented to the surveillance, they gave up their right to privacy." Its not consent when you put a gun to their head. Absolute disgrace.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And this, right here, is the way that rights are erroded. They MUST be upheld protect even the apparent worst of us. This is used against alleged pedophiles because who's going to defend a pedophile? Then, itll be common place to use against all those charged with a crime on bond.

Everyone, no matter who they are, deserves basic human rights.

[–] fogetaboutit 1 points 1 year ago

Wow... Imagine paying real money for your data to be recorded and then used in court against you lmao

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

As messed up as this is, it is 100% the way parole works almost everywhere. Parole officers are not required to investigate or prove their claims.