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Yay. Underpaid freelance workers are now part of the surveillance state (discuss.online)

submitted 2 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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News article https://cybernews.com/news/flock-uber-lyft-vehicles-surveillance/

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the United States the murder resolution rate is around 50% (in Canada it is around 60-something%) meaning despite massive surveillance they don't catch a lot of the more serious crimes. In NYC the most surveilled areas actually have lower murder resolution rates.

[–] 5318008@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

In NYC the most surveilled areas actually have lower murder resolution rates.

There's really no way that could be a causal relationship. It'd be worth diving into the data to figure out which variables are related to each of these.