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The focus on that article is silly.

Of course I want law officials to have real time information about travel and be able to catch a criminal before he flees.

The issue should not be that, but that they use that to initiate illegal searches.

The focus should be on illegal searches, period.



when was the last time a "criminal" was caught during flee-by-flight and the government was NOT involved in the first place?


This is my point.

This is like those dumb fox new things saying something trivial is a crime because it 'involved computers'.

They can already do that, but inefficiently by posting your pictures all over the place and having officers look for your face. AFTER they get a warrant or follow due process.

This is just a more efficient way of doing the above.

The focus should be on the lack of due process, not on the means being more efficient.




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