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by Snowworm
733 days ago
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The question when governments are enforcing backdoors is, how can they be sure hackers won't abuse these new backdoors too? This is going to do a lot more harm than good. It's reassuring to know that these are the sorts of people running our society. |
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However I see that discussion as moot because governments past and present already abuse the information technology they have access to. Below is just a small snippet of the seemingly countless number of examples I could find in minute of searching:
USA:
N.J. cop used police databases to stalk ex-girlfriend, investigators say https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/01/nj-cop-used-police-datab...
Officer Fired for Allegedly Using Police Database to Stalk, Harass Women https://www.newsweek.com/officer-fired-allegedly-using-polic...
Australia:
Former policeman accused of using force database to stalk ex-wife and girlfriend https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-policeman...
Former federal police officer faces new charges over stalking of ex-girlfriend https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6138318/former-federa...
(Note the two above articles are not the same person)
UK:
Met police officer 'used CCTV cameras to stalk his ex-girlfriend after telling her to take up sex work to pay her bills' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11868575/Met-police...
Creepy cop saw attractive woman on the road and 'looked up her license plate number so he could stalk her on Facebook' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2178556/Officer-Jef...