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The Age of ‘Pre-Crime’ has Arrived

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 02 2015, @05:35PM   
from the you're-kidding,-right? dept.

AndyTheAbsurd writes:

Los Angeles City Council is considering sending "Dear John" letters to the registrants of cars seen in an area of San Fernando described as having a "thriving street prostitution problem". The plan would use automated license plate readers to identify vehicles that stopped in the area. Council member Nury Martinez claims "If you aren't soliciting, you have no reason to worry about finding one of these letters in your mailbox. But if you are, these letters will discourage you from returning."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/12/01/the-age-of-pre-crime-has-arrived/

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Original Submission

• Re:Bad situation (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @09:17AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @09:17AM (#271266)

  That's like saying we should ban Bittorrent software because it could be used to infringe upon copyrights.

  Actually we should ban writing. There are so many bad things you can do with that technique it is not funny.

  Writing promotes crime. You can write blackmail letters. You can defraud someone using written lies, even if you are exceptionally bad at lying face-to-face.

  Writing supports terrorists. Terrorists can use writing to communicate and organize attacks. Writing can be used to produce and distribute descriptions on how to build bombs.

  Writing harms the children. People can write child porn stories. Or simply stuff that's inappropriate for children.

  Writing also can assist in sending state secrets to unauthorized parties. It therefore clearly threatens national security.

  Parent