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   Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 03:14:23 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   • Texas Observer

   All surveillance tech should have a log showing who used it, when it was used, what the search parameters were, & why they used it so others can come back "and verify the person wasn’t using it to stalk their ex-wife,” EFF’s Dave Maass told @TexasObserver. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/

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     Mr Penguin (mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 02:07:29 JST Mr Penguin

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     • Texas Observer

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     How about we just ban government and government contractors from owning, possession, or use of surveillance tech. This on top of acquisition of data from any such systems so they can't get around the law on a technicality. Then lets make it possible for the public to enforce it through the civil courts where companies, law enforcements, and government employees involved in violation of the law can all be held jointly civilly liable by any member of the public. It seems like it would be a lot easier. Then the EFF, ACLU, and others can have a field day with going after the perpetrators of the crime.