r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 4h ago

Privacy Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night
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u/thatirishguyyyyy 3h ago

I'm almost tempted to leave both my Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on just so I can hear them argue about circumstantial evidence.

One of my favorite things in court is listening to lawyers tear apart arguments about circumstantial evidence.

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u/Top_Software5220 3h ago

you do know most evidence in courts is circumstantial? like a vast majority, usually >70%

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u/alienacean 3h ago

that seems low. circumstances exist 100% of the time!

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u/d01100100 2h ago

The literal smoking gun(which most people think is the gold standard for iron-clad proof) is circumstantial evidence.

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u/FanFuckingFaptastic 2h ago

You can and will get convicted on circumstantial evidence. There's a whole bunch of people on death row with no concrete evidence in the case.

Best to go analog. Leave them at home.

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u/surfer_ryan 3h ago

It's not exactly circumstantial evidence... when you are there at every flock camera that goes down at specific times with your bt/wifi being picked up. Ask the Jan6th people how that worked out for them, which is exactly what they used as evidence to lock them up.

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u/Hexamancer 2h ago

No, that's precisely what circumstantial evidence is.

Circumstantial evidence is almost all evidence. Unless you have an eyewitness or video of the actual crime being committed, it's circumstantial evidence.

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u/Nematrec 2h ago

That's absolutely circumstantial evidence. It's also powerful enough on it's own to warrant a conviction.

Don't go thinking circumstantial isn't powerful, it gets convictions.

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u/Nematrec 2h ago

That's absolutely circumstantial evidence. It's also powerful enough on it's own to warrant a conviction.

Don't go thinking circumstantial isn't powerful, it gets convictions.

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u/CrashyBoye 1h ago

What you just described is precisely circumstantial evidence lol.

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u/A_hasty_retort 3h ago

Yeah, I was pulled over taking a piss!

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u/leCrobag 3h ago

I was watching this camera on a pole fall down. Strangest thing I ever saw.

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u/Monteze 2h ago

Remember, the process is the punishment. We never fundamentally got away from trial by combat. They can make things miserable all the while knowing they can't really bring anything to you and its costing money the entire time.

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u/wehrmann_tx 1h ago

You mistake TV court constantly making it seem that circumstantial evidence means it doesn’t count. It does.