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		Scoundreller on March 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood > Conversations recorded by ShotSpotter sensors have twice been introduced as evidence in criminal trials. More importantly, how many times were collected conversations used and acted upon in an investigation and not been introduced as evidence?

lucubratory on March 3, 2024 [–]

Exactly, instituting pervasive audio surveillance is bad even if it's rarely used in court, because it can and will still be used for parallel construction.

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