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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago

It seems like the military industrial complex won’t be satisfied until every public office has a personal armoured surveillance swat vehicle with subsidies and training from federal agencies.

a frightening reminder of how technology originally developed for use by the military or intelligence services, ranging from blast-armored trucks designed for use in war zones to invasive surveillance tools, keeps trickling down to domestic police and even the institutions where our kids go to learn.

The Gizmodo reporters found some school districts that had spent up to $12,000 on the tech, which was designed for use in war zones

In March 2020, the North East Independent School District, a largely Hispanic district north of San Antonio, wrote a check to Cellebrite for $6,695 for “General Supplies.”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago (1 children)

from reading the title i thought that schools are buying the aforementioned tools to teach students to use them lol, i thought, well, this isn't that bad :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

This was my first thought as well :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

This is a big step towards a fascist, no freedom and no privacy society and of course the right wing doesn't care, they probably like this.

The republicans want police at schools and surveillance. It's time to accept that they are fascists or fascist enablers and not "just conservatives".

[–] kinetix 1 points 4 years ago

Disgusting. Perhaps they should invest the money in... educating the kids?