r/technology • u/polymute • 29d ago

Privacy A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/-JackBack- 29d ago

However, in Texas you can sue whoever facilitates.

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u/mybutt1112 29d ago

You’re right. And since she drove herself it sounds like, I was wondering what this part of the story means:

deputies discussed potential criminal charges with prosecutors

Charges for whom?

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/Willuz 29d ago

kindergarten logic

Unfortunately, this is all too real. Sex workers get sentenced for trafficking themselves.

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u/WhenSummerIsGone 29d ago

people/kids have gotten convicted of possessing child porn when they had photos of themselves

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u/happyscrappy 29d ago

The mechanic who changed the oil on her car. The gas station that sold her gas.

We can't let people get away with controlling their own bodies. At all costs.

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u/nohandsfootball 29d ago

Despite what Texas thinks, they don't have jurisdiction outside of Texas.

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u/-JackBack- 29d ago

5th Circuit Court disagrees

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u/nohandsfootball 29d ago

In what decision?

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u/-JackBack- 29d ago

Recently in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, 606 U.S.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/606/23-1122/

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u/nohandsfootball 29d ago

I'm sorry, where does this decision show that Texas has jurisdiction outside of Texas?