NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
This article throws up many flags for me, not necessarily red, but of a worrying color.It first celebrates surveillance devices as a net positive and hand-waves away its problems.But most importantly, it is awfully shortsighted to allow a single company to entrench itself further into societal transactions. However, hearing it is inconvenient, so I am often dismissed for saying so.> They're made by Apple, which means they're very platform-agnostic.You mean platform-specific.> "Why would anyone have one [an Android phone]?" Mayor Adams responded.Again... this level of ignorance and short-sightedness is surprising coming from someone in such a position of authority, and seems to ignore the realities of the world.  Perhaps Mayor Adams spends too much time on HN?