US pushing local cops to stay mum on surveillance

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"We're almost certainly not trampling over your rights, citizen. Now why don't you mosey along and stop asking about it?"

What's almost certainly reassuring about this is that this is a sign too much attention has been coming on this issue. AKA The general public is beginning to give a shit.

Or maybe the government and Harris know the product can be easily defeated if the public gets a few technical details about how it works.

This seems at least as likely to be the point of concern as the public caring about it. The public has hardly cared about the NSA spying, at least not enough to lift a finger in protest about it.

Most people I talk to say the same thing, something like this: well, the NSA spying seems a bit extreme, but there are dangers out there, and what do I have to fear from the government anyway they're not interested in me, so this is all probably helping to keep me safe.

Their line of reasoning always starts out with concern and fades into some version of a shrug (meant to say: what can one do anyway).

I suspect it would be much the same with the stinger & local police issue.

> "As a government contractor, our solutions are regulated and their use is restricted"

he said, struggling valiantly to keep a straight face.

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