View Single Post
Old 10-03-2009, 04:14 PM   #101 (permalink)
Ego Tripping
Are you in?
 
Ego Tripping's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 13,468
Thanks: 229
Thanked 665 Times in 443 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by wellfleation View Post
But I do agree that technology will also be used to equally combat such abuses as mentioned. There is an app called Trapster that is using the iPhones GPS and locates police traps in real time, warns you of camera lights, etc. I think it was the Chief of Police in DC that was quoted as being pissed about the app. Why would she be upset? The real goal of police and laws are supposed to be for public safety, and such an app would cause you to slow down and be more cautious which is good, right? But that is obviously not the Chief's goal. The goal is not about public safety but simply wants the revenue from the citations issued.

Fuck the police (except two of my friends).
Well, I think you might be extrapolating this. While I agree they definitely tend to gouge (especially during a recession), I could also see people using this technology for subversive or malicious purposes, as well. That pesky gray area persists....
__________________

God appears, and God is light,
To those poor souls who dwell in night;
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.

Ego Tripping is offline   Reply With Quote