Do you have any reason to believe that these units, which transmit data to the police, are only transmitting the data they say they are and only to whom they say they are? It would be shit-simple and dead cheap to have them also transmit IDs of every cell-enabled device they can pick up.
But, no, wait a sec. I'm wrong. These are being distributed by the NSA which is a respected government agency, so that couldn't possibly be going on with these.
Dear Somerville, do the right thing. Say "No thanks" to the NSA. Gun-shots are not exactly a huge issue in S'ville. Take all the money you would spend to install and monitor these things and use that to clean some storm drains instead. You'll prevent an actual real threat to life from rats, instead of inviting more rats (the NSA) into our community.
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Date: 2014-06-18 04:01 pm (UTC)But, no, wait a sec. I'm wrong. These are being distributed by the NSA which is a respected government agency, so that couldn't possibly be going on with these.
Dear Somerville, do the right thing. Say "No thanks" to the NSA. Gun-shots are not exactly a huge issue in S'ville. Take all the money you would spend to install and monitor these things and use that to clean some storm drains instead. You'll prevent an actual real threat to life from rats, instead of inviting more rats (the NSA) into our community.