[AmbroseBierce]

When you are burn out your brain doesn't brain too well, reminds me of Luigi, that 3D printed his gun among other smart moves but made many silly mistakes that got him caught (like carrying the silencer, the magazine, and other incriminating evidence)

[Tostino]

I am 95% convinced he was caught because we live in a surveillance panopticon.

The McDonald's kiosks could very easily be sharing data with other private companies (e.g. Palantir) who the government contracts with. There are so many other companies jumping in on sharing data like this, why would a company like McDonald's care about selling out customer privacy in exchange for a better bottom line for investors?

[qcnguy]

He got caught because someone recognized his uniquely bushy eyebrows from the wanted photos. This is all documented, no need for advanced theorizing.

[dns_snek]

> This is all documented, no need for advanced theorizing.

Something being documented doesn't make it true:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

[qcnguy]

The woman who reported his location said that.

[mlrtime]

>I am 95% convinced he was caught because we live in a surveillance panopticon.

I'm sure this is unpopular opinion but I'm glad we can catch murderers quickly which technology. The flip side is worse.

Note: This has nothing to do with the reasons for murdering which I'm not going to debate.

[dns_snek]

> I'm glad we can catch murderers quickly which technology.

According to whom? Homicide clearance rates in the US have been getting worse for decades [1][2]. The same is true in the UK, another surveillance state, where only 10% of violent offenses get solved [3].

This promise of a crime-free utopia has been nothing but a deceptive manipulation of the public and the scary part is that it keeps working.

[1] https://www.murderdata.org/p/reported-homicide-clearance-rat...

[2] https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1172775448/people-murder-unso...

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/13/most-violent...