Apple Warns Looters With Stolen iPhones: You Are Being Tracked (forbes.com) 191
Following the rioting and looting from the death of George Floyd, Apple has a message for those who power on a stolen iPhone: "This device has been disabled and is being tracked. Local authorities will be alerted." Forbes reports: Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a message to his employees as those protests escalated, saying that "there is a pain deeply etched in the soul of our nation and in the hearts of millions. To stand together, we must stand up for one another, and recognize the fear, hurt, and outrage rightly provoked by the senseless killing of George Floyd and a much longer history of racism." Cook went on to say that "at Apple, our mission has and always will be to create technology that empowers people to change the world for the better. We've always drawn strength from our diversity, welcomed people from every walk of life to our stores around the world, and strived to build an Apple that is inclusive of everyone."
These words were being digested as the tech giant made the decision to close the majority of its U.S. stores for the safety of those staff and its customers, stores that had only just reopened after the COVID-19 shutdown. Apple has unsurprisingly become a favored target of looters, given the likely spoils on offer, and the decision was taken to remove stock from shop floors and shutter locations. It has long been known that Apple operates some form of proximity software that disables a device when it is taken illegally from a store. Until now, though, little had been seen of that technology in action. Well, thanks to social media, we can now see the message that greets a looter powering up their new device: "This device has been disabled and is being tracked," it says. "Local authorities will be alerted."
These words were being digested as the tech giant made the decision to close the majority of its U.S. stores for the safety of those staff and its customers, stores that had only just reopened after the COVID-19 shutdown. Apple has unsurprisingly become a favored target of looters, given the likely spoils on offer, and the decision was taken to remove stock from shop floors and shutter locations. It has long been known that Apple operates some form of proximity software that disables a device when it is taken illegally from a store. Until now, though, little had been seen of that technology in action. Well, thanks to social media, we can now see the message that greets a looter powering up their new device: "This device has been disabled and is being tracked," it says. "Local authorities will be alerted."
And Apple turns off that tracking when... (Score:2)
They promise they turn off the tracking when you buy the phone. DINKS!
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If they were smart, camera photos, video, audio, and all nearby SSID along with triangulated signal strength, etc. hell they should trick them into biometrics like fingerprints and face recognition before showing that screen.
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Unless it has a working simcard with data, how does the phone send its location or any other data?
I had a phone that was stolen, totally disappeared and then 6 months later was briefly seen online from somewhere in bulgaria...
Re: And Apple turns off that tracking when... (Score:2)
Knowing apple they prob struck a deal with the towers foe pre-configured phones to just pass the data and apple pays handsomely. Sim card is just an identifier. Its not a network stack. It doesnt have to exist if the tower doesnt want to restrict data. We bought some 5g and lte for purely internet/data endpoints.
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Unless it has a working simcard with data, how does the phone send its location or any other data?
You can call 911 / 112 (or whatever the emergency services number there is) even without simcard from your brand new freshly unpacked phone. If you can do that, phone has to be able to connect to nearby cell towers even without the card.
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I had a phone that was stolen, totally disappeared and then 6 months later was briefly seen online from somewhere in bulgaria...
If you want to actually use the phone as a phone, it needs to be activated. And Apple won't activate it.
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Not that hard. You can call 911 from a phone with no SIM card. If you do that and the call is disconnected, 911 can even call you back. All without a SIM card.
So obviously this sort of thing is doable on a technical level.
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The SIM s just a billing ID. The phones in the network are identified by IMEI. SIM-less phones will try to connect to all nearby towers to get the list of available networks - all towers will log the IMEI, used antenna (usually with a 90 deg fov in urban areas) and distance from tower (based on transmission delay). There's a nice software package which will draw a line with timestamps on a google maps overlay.
A SIM-less phone can be located on this info alone in a 10 meter radius. There's a also a forced lo
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If you buy an Apple phone, you are trusting apple. Same for any other phone. Since the phone has the technical capability to track you - pretty much unavoidable given how cell phones work, all you can do is trust the manufacturer - or not own a phone.
Great opportunity here. (Score:5, Interesting)
-Then we can stir the pot as to who to really blame for the riots.
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Keep in mind, this is all the result of the shutdown and freaking people out with corona virus fears, no income, no clearly defined future, and the riots were the result, the murder of that individual just the fuse that lit the power keg created by the shutdown.
End the shutdown and you will take pressure off the situation and end some of the symptoms, the problem is endemic, the ruthless exploitation of the poor by the rich and the failure of the state to support the needs of the majority and instead focus
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Also the result of police violence. When society breaks down to the point that the people who are supposed to be protecting you and maintaining law and order are themselves a heavily armed criminal enterprise most out to oppress and beat citizens then it's not really surprising that looting goes on.
The police have even been supplying the bricks. They are loving this.
IDIOT! (Score:2)
That's it, just warn them.
Why not say nothing, then next week, just hand the police department an iPad with a nice little app that identifies the stolen devices.
Even better, download new software to capture the pictures of the people and surroundings. Then say, due to the COVID and protests, there will be a delay in activating them on the network. And send that information to the local police.
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If people who steal apple products get arrested more frequently, word will soon spread, and criminals will start refusing to deal with apple products.
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That's it, just warn them.
Why not say nothing, then next week, just hand the police department an iPad with a nice little app that identifies the stolen devices.
Even better, download new software to capture the pictures of the people and surroundings. Then say, due to the COVID and protests, there will be a delay in activating them on the network. And send that information to the local police.
You really don't get it. Better instead have a countdown timer and map tracking the police on their way...
You will be arrested in: %D,%H%M.%S
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So the looters shot a black former police captain (Score:3, Informative)
Retired St. Louis Police Captain Killed Protecting Business From Looting [stlpublicradio.org]
They should just show a black screen (Score:2)
They should just show a black screen when turned on. In "solidarity".
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Beware of Ebay sellers (Score:2)
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I've always had this problem with buying used phones though. If it's a relatively new model, you can basically assume it is stolen, as who is going to sell a phone that is only a few months old, and at a reasonable discount. If there isn't going to be a reasonable discount, then why even bother buying a used phone and just get a new one. If it's a model that's a few years old, you can probably get something with similar specs for about the same price, and still has support for new software, and won't have a
Cook & Apple are hypocrites (Score:3, Informative)
and strived to build an Apple that is inclusive of everyone
Cute, coming from a company that maintains a media blacklist. [google.com]
Yeah, real inclusive, Tim.
This person tried to unlock your phone (Score:2)
That sure gives plenty of funny pictures :
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny... [reddit.com]
https://www.reddit.com/r/guine... [reddit.com]
https://awwmemes.com/i/athis-p... [awwmemes.com]
CEO emails (Score:3)
Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a message to his employees as those protests escalated
Why is it that yesterday half the CEOs in Silicon Valley decided to use emails to employees as their awkward personal blog declaring how much empathy they have?
Who needs proximity software? (Score:3)
When the people who steal your phones tweet a picture of themselves holding a phone with a message saying it has been stolen, you don't need a whole lot of technology to get them apprehended.
apple could innovate here. (Score:5, Funny)
"Local Authorities have been alerted. Would you like to begin plea bargaining with iPlead, brought to you by Apple in partnership with your local Court System?"
Why is this news? (Score:2)
> "This device has been disabled and is being tracked. Local authorities will be alerted."
The only difference here is that the local authorities have been alerted. Otherwise isn't this BAU for an iPhone?
So Apple expects cops to recover their phones? (Score:3)
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Don't they think the cops have enough on their plate right now?
Looting is dangerous because it is contagious. Aside from the hard core, ordinary people who would normally steal see a load of stuff piled in a shop with the windows smashed and succumb to temptation. In the London riots, some of the looters found themselves before magistrates the next day, and getting deterrent sentences (some unreasonably so, and were later reduced on appeal. However, making people aware of the consequences of their actions, and being in a crowd is no immunity is a useful thing, especi
What's with that famous Apple privacy? (Score:2)
That's the main reason looters only loot Apple, for privacy reasons. Now your telling us we're being tracked? Damn, now I have to ditch this brand new iPhone Max and go back and loot that electronics store with the Xiaomi Max 10. ... It's got a better camera anyway.
Thanks a bunch, Tim Cook. I'm looking proper quality from now on, no more Apple.
Wow what a terrible editing job (Score:3)
The editor really failed here. It combines Tim Cook’s comments on the situation with the anti-theft technology of demo iPhones looted from an Apple store. The demo phones on the store floor have specialized software. If stolen from the store, the phones are not just tracked but also immediately disabled until they are returned to Apple. Phones to be sold to customers are kept in a secured area and were not stolen.
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The number of whites killed by police is DOUBLE the number of blacks killed by police.
Yet blacks are only 12% of the population.
Re: Message to Tim Cuck (Score:3, Insightful)
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Re:Message to Tim Cuck (Score:4, Insightful)
I don't actually disagree that most of police shootings are justified. It's the unjustified ones that are seriously skewed.
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Who would hire them? They're violent and unreliable. They continue to act this way, they will continue to be poor.
They do it to themselves.
Who is "them"?
If you judge people as a group rather than as individuals you are simply part of the problem.
Re:Message to Tim Cuck (Score:5, Insightful)
This shows how deep your racism runs.
You subconsciously replace a statistic about criminal justice responses, arrests, accusations, or convictions, with a claim about how many crimes are actually committed.
That is either a huge logical error due to subconscious bias, or an intentional lies to slander black people.
And for example, studies on marijuana show that white people are more like to smoke marijuana, and are more likely to have it on their person in public, but are less likely to be searched, and less likely to be charged for marijuana possession.
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And for example, studies on marijuana show that white people are more like to smoke marijuana, and are more likely to have it on their person in public, but are less likely to be searched, and less likely to be charged for marijuana possession.
So you refuted the GP claim about crimes committed, claiming a bias in the data and then uncritically spewing your own data?
Do you know who is most likely to be searched for a minor offence or misdemeanor like marijuana possession? Who is already searched for other reasons. Example du jour: Floyd George was arrested for theft in 1998 and for criminal trespassing in 2002, he was then arrested for possession of drugs twice (2002 and 2007). Was it a bias by the police, or the fact that he had a criminal rec
Re:No, they don't (Score:4, Insightful)
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It's a shame you didn't scroll down that page you linked to a bit, to the section titled "Explanations for racial discrepancies". Here's a direct link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
You will note that it all basically comes down to socioeconomic factors and institutional racism.
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It's a shame you didn't scroll down that page you linked to a bit, to the section titled "Explanations for racial discrepancies". Here's a direct link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
You will note that it all basically comes down to socioeconomic factors and institutional racism.
That is just a list of data, not an explanation in any meaningful sense. And often that data is presented in an intentionally muddy way, for example: " white and black families have no major difference in child abuse except in the $6,000-$11,999 income range (which falls under the Poverty Threshold in the United States)", that is worded in a way that it seems that there are no major differences in child abuse (a precursor of criminal behaviour) adjusted per income class. Except that there are enormous diffe
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Right, and why do you think that disparity exists? Is it because of something inerrant about being black, or is it because white people have better access to law enforcement and social services?
We know that even among the poor the white poor still get more assistance and more opportunity than the black poor do.
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Right, and why do you think that disparity exists? Is it because of something inerrant about being black, or is it because white people have better access to law enforcement and social services?
That particular set of data is inconsistent with your explanation. In all the other income ranges, there is a little more violence (or reported violence) in white families than black families. In white families the level of violence does not change much across income ranges, in black families do. Why? Is it just a matter of law enforcement and social services?
We know that even among the poor the white poor still get more assistance and more opportunity than the black poor do.
Is it because poor white people are less violent and crime-prone or is it the other way around? The biggest disparity is the lack of self-criticism an
Re:No, they don't (Score:4, Interesting)
Is it because of something inerrant about being black, or is it because white people have better access to law enforcement and social services
That's a weird either/or. African blacks from, for example, Nigeria come to this country and do quite well. So it's definitely not about being black. And as for "better access to law enforcement," isn't that what all the protesters are complaining about? I.e., blacks in America have waaaaay too much "access" to law enforcement. And social services? The much smaller black population is something like half of social welfare recipients.
The simplest explanation is that it's largely cultural. The urban ghetto environment rewards bad behavior, or at least it doesn't discourage it. (Whites aren't immune to this either. Irish ghettos used to be pretty craptastic too.) When the environment goes downhill, then everybody with the means to do so gets the hell out of Dodge, which only concentrates the bad actors. It's a vicious cycle.
What's the answer? Beats me. Putting criminals in jail seems like a good idea, but that's been excoriated for being racist. Education seems like a good idea, but you can't educate somebody who doesn't want it or care about it. If you figure out a silver bullet to the problem be sure to let us know.
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This is what is called intersectionality. The intersection of being black and being poor in this case. It's worse than being white and being poor.
Now I'm going to get modded troll because the world "intersectionality" triggers people.
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You will note that it all basically comes down to socioeconomic factors and institutional racism.
Unfortunately, that is just wishful thinking that completely ignores data outside the US, where sub-Saharan Africans have the same problems everywhere, despite different circumstances.
How can you ignore the elephant in the room of IQ disparity? This is a strong predictor of education and economic success, family stability, and crime.
As for "institutional racism", that certainly exists and is correlated with crime, but don't you have a chicken and egg situation? Correlation is not cause.
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Name one country where sub-Saharan Africans have equal opportunities to the average white American. Then we can do a fair comparison.
IQ is bunk, the Bell Curve is bunk. I could waste hours debunking it but if you want that here's a two and a half hour video for you: https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo [youtu.be]
TLDR; the main problem is that the authors made the same mistake you did: shit data.
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IQ is bunk, the Bell Curve is bunk. I could waste hours debunking it but if you want that here's a two and a half hour video for you:
I don't know what iq is, but it is highly predictive of all sorts of outcomes.
The spherical earth is bunk, the Atlas is bunk, I could waste hours debunking it but if you want that, but here's some videos https://www.youtube.com/result... [youtube.com]
If you'd ever travelled to sub-Saharan Africa, you'd discover 2 things: the earth is round, and racial differences are not all below the neck.
It shouldn't be, we don't want it to be, it's not fair, but being in denial is not helping anyone.
What America needs is a decent min
Re: No, they don't (Score:2)
No, what we need is education and jobs, welfare is a trap that enslaves people!
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Welfare is, or should be, a safety net.
Yes, it can be a trap, but it also gives some basic security to survive illness, or leave an abusive boss without fear of how to feed your children.
So many people in the US cannot afford to see a doctor, or to stay home from work when sick. How is that working out for you?
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I calculated this out in a previous topic [slashdot.org], and to my surprise the number of blacks killed per million arrests (128) is almost identical to the number of whites + Hispanics killed per million arrests (131). While some overt incidents of racism by police still happen, it seems that it's now more than canceled out by non-racist police walking on eggshells whenever they're arresting black suspects. The races most likely to be killed by law enforcement per million arrests are native Americans (252), and Asians (225).
Killed by LEO (per million population) [theguardian.com]:
U.S. population by race [census.gov]:
Total killed by LEO, by race:
Now look at how many arrests (confrontations with LEO) there are by race [fbi.gov]:
Now take the number of people killed by LEO, and divide by million arrests (by race), to get kills per million arrests. i.e. How likely LEO is to kill someone of a certain race while arresting them:
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When you need mod points but don't have them...
racism is a disease for sure, but not just a disease only white folks have... sadly no one sees the racism in turning everything that harms a black person whether they deserved it or not into a racial issue.
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The stats don't say the race of the cop either. Black cops killing black suspects is also thing but those get lumped in the "systemic racism" lie as well.
Re:Message to Tim Cuck (Score:4, Insightful)
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Cherry picking deaths per million arrests is ignoring the fact that black people are far more likely to be confronted, arrested, convicted and get harsher sentences. Your own stats show the problem quite clearly:
White + Hispanic- 5,858,330
Black - 2,263,112
Since black people are only 12% of the population that should be about 700k, not 2.2 million. Your numbers also don't show the nature of the confrontations so you haven't even shown that you are comparing like-for-like.
For that matter they don't show the n
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Cherry picking deaths per million arrests is ignoring the fact that black people are far more likely to be confronted, arrested, convicted and get harsher sentences.
Far from it! He is not ignoring it, but showing that this explains the per capita difference, meaning no evidence of racism.
Nobody is saying there is not a big problem with police killing people in the US, but it is wrong to claim blacks are disproportionately victims.
The deaths are less than proportional to the level of violent crimes committed by blacks, and the numbers in custody.
"should be"? Are you suggesting there should be racial quotas for arrests, rather than treating people according to their cri
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The deaths are less than proportional to the level of violent crimes committed by blacks, and the numbers in custody.
No, you don't have evidence to support that claim. At best you can show a number for black people being convicted of violent crimes, but for that to be meaningful you would have to also demonstrate that black people are treated the same way all through the justice system - from the initial intervention of the police through the prosecutor, the courts and to sentencing.
Studies show that definitely is not the case, e.g. https://scholar.harvard.edu/fi... [harvard.edu]
Re:Message to Tim Cuck (Score:4, Insightful)
but for that to be meaningful you would have to also demonstrate that black people are treated the same way all through the justice system
An impossible challenge of course. So I only make the weak claim the the data on police shootings and death in custody does not support the claim of widespread institutional racism.
Good data on crime is very limited and the only crime for which people normally feel able to compare between states and countries is homicide. It has a clear definition, and high clearance rate. So I'll look at that.
In the US, blacks commit 52% of murders, but only make up 30% of the victims of police killings. That is a very dramatic difference.
White Americans have a homicide offender rate of 4.5 per 100,000, which is bad enough compared to most other developed nations,
but black Americans have an astounding homicide rate of 34.4 per 100k, which is up there with Venezuela and South Africa.
Of course, this does not represent the whole country, but is driven by violence in inner-city slums. And the same is true for police shootings.
How can you expect the justice system to treat two such different groups in the same way? That idea is absurd.
You might ask if if otherwise identical individuals of different race are treated the same, but you cannot in practice find the answer to that in available statistics.
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pu... [bjs.gov]
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An impossible challenge of course. So I only make the weak claim the the data on police shootings and death in custody does not support the claim of widespread institutional racism.
Yes, and I'm afraid that irresponsible because it's not true, not supported by the data and leads people to some very dangerous conclusions.
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Of course, this does not represent the whole country, but is driven by violence in inner-city slums. And the same is true for police shootings.
And they don't seem to ever talk about incident rates contextualised by region, notably outside of those hyper-violent slums.
Incidence of death by police is much more proportional outside of those slums, and lowers the further away you get.
Or never ever mention that police violence disproportionally targets men:women at above 10:1 rate, while it targets blacks:whites at 2.5 : 1 rate
Solve the race inequality and disregard gender inequality: 60% reduction in police-related death of African Americans
Solve the
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Blacks are only 13% of the population but commit 70% of violent crime
The majority of killings by police take place while a suspect is committing a violent crime.
If we assume that 70% of violent crime is committed by blacks (as per the above statement) and the remaining 30% is committed by whites (which is an exaggeration because other races surely commit at least some violent crime) then you would expect the police to be responding to violent black criminals 2.3 times as often as they respond to violent white criminals.
So then, given that 2.3 times as many interactions occur
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Re:Message to Tim Cuck (Score:5, Insightful)
Gosh. Mathematics. Who'd've thought? On Slashdot? ...
Assuming the figures to be correct (and ignoring the fact you are much more likely to be arrested, charged, and imprisoned if you are black in the USA)
Black folk commit 5.8 times the amount of violent crime white folk do. (Or at least are caught).
Black folk are 3.6 times as likely to be killed by cops.
Figures like this are always pretty dodgy. If violent crime is only associated with police action, then the number of black folk being killed whilst engaged in said violent crime is actually proportionately less than for white folk. I confess I doubt this.
If police action is not only associated with violent crime, then these figures become meaningless. And if we look at the most recent case, the perpetrator was not engaged in violent crime.
Overall.
The cops shoot far, far too many people in the USA. They seem to shoot proportionally more black folk than white.
If you want to commit crime the USA, best to be a white female. Black males get hammered by the system and, all too often, shot.
Why? Is it all just racism?
I suspect there is a lot of actual racism, and a great deal of historical advantage that was perpetuated by racism.
There are serious cultural problems in the black society - going to prison has become a badge of honour in some groups, and that is definitely bad. Marriage is nowhere near the levels one might expect - and marriage is definitely a calming influence on society. (There have been attempts to fight back on this "Put a ring on it" by Byonce, for example)
Education in poor areas in the USA is terrible, and this perpetuates poverty. Poor disaffected men tend to become violent. It happens worldwide - France is another example.
What could be done?
Heaps. Get rid of prisons-for-profit. Employ unbiased judges, getting rid of the whole voted in absurdity.
Finance schooling based on need, not the wealth of the area (have a word with Finland).
Start working on prisons as a way to stop crime, not a just punishment. Spend far more money on preventing recidivism. This will save huge amounts fairly rapidly.
Train cops better.
Tightening gun laws might help a bit, but there are already so many out there I doubt it'll make any impression. Taxing bullets might help a bit.
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Black folk commit 5.8 times the amount of violent crime white folk do.
Is the cause black people being more violent or is it poverty?
Statistics like this are misleading because they are not comparing like-for-like. The black population is on average much less wealthy and has less access to opportunities like a good education and a good job than the average white person.
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Is the cause black people being more violent or is it poverty?
Good question. In terms of correlation, it is a bit of both.
Black people in the US do have substantially higher crime rates than non-blacks with the same income and education.
Globally, poverty is strongly tied to lower intelligence, but violence only loosely connected to the average IQ in a society.
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Clearly we need to just have police kill more white people. Problem solved.
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(And just for the record, most of AC's 'facts' are pure bullshit or selectively distorted.)
The irony is overwhelming.
Re:Message to Tim Cuck (Score:5, Insightful)
Regardless of this, police should stop murdering blacks and non-blacks. A small number of people murdered by police is too many. A small number killed when it could be avoided is too many. That goes for injury too. And general police harassment.
Crime has been dropping continuously since 1993 and is at relatively low levels. The time for warrior cops — if there ever was a time — ended long ago. We need cops to protect and serve now.
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They would still smash your head in if you didn't Respect their Authoritay
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The cops are showing their true colours now. Some of them do the right thing, shields and batons down, but there many incidents of them attacking peaceful protesters. Just now they used tear gas: https://twitter.com/Shauna_Sow... [twitter.com]
Yesterday we had the incredible sight of them gassing pastors at the church Trump wanted to do a photo op at.
It's not just the US either, taser use is up 33% in the UK despite crime being down. Policing is a profession that unfortunately seems to attract the wrong type of people.
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I know it is a small number. So what? A small number is too many because a lot of those could have been avoided if police had wanted it.
Add all the other interactions with the police. How many are positive? How many people think the police were respectful of their rights? How many people look back on those interactions and are grateful the police were there? Not many.
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For a time we had a solid issue going with police malpractice. The Floyd incident, in combination with all the others like it over the last few years, could have finally led the nation to some real reforms. But then just like all the other times, activists booted away their political capital by using the death of a black victim as an excuse to warp the whole issue into an attack on white racism. White racism is what these good folk blame a problem on when there is no possible way of blaming it on climate ch
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The number of whites murdered by blacks is NINE TIMES higher than the number of blacks murdered by whites
I wonder if there is underlying biases in your data that make your point completely fucking irrelevant, like ... more white people existing.
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Paragraph 1: Cite the _most_extreme_ example you can find, anywhere
Paragraph 2: the most hyperbolic statement/generalization based on the most extreme example applied to the broadest possible group, with insinuation and suggestion that the group is even more broad
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How do you come to the conclusion that anything that disturbs your preferred narrative must be fake? Jeez Biden is a horrible candidate. Senile, racist, warmongering, corporate child sniffing rapist. Better to continue the punishment with another term of Trump. Maybe they'll get the hint this time and get a better candidate in 2024.
And your stats are off. It is not 13 percent of the population that does this. The number is much smaller. Of the Afro-American community, it is only the males who commit so man
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He's the most popular white politician in the country with black people, and you want to believe he is a racist.
You're a sick fuck.
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There is no way /. has sunk this low to believe this trite white supremacists bullshit that's discredited with a 60 second google search.
Then why don't you take those 60 seconds to get your data, spend a minute or two writing up a post and show these white supremacists how wrong they are. The AC made 5 claims, it should be fairly easy to refute them.
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For instance, while genetics obviously must account for skin color and other characteristics, there is no genetic basis for race.
Did you actually write that?
Are you saying "skin color and other characteristics" are not "distinct and intrinsic attributes"?
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For instance, while genetics obviously must account for skin color and other characteristics, there is no genetic basis for race.
Did you actually write that? Are you saying "skin color and other characteristics" are not "distinct and intrinsic attributes"?
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Did you seriously ask that? Race and whatever goes into distinguishing one from another is entirely arbitrary. It is no different from makng all the alcoholics stand over here, and all the people that can roll their tongue stand over there. Race is and only is a social construction and nothing else. You may as well scrutinize DNA to determine if someone is married. You can slice and test and study DNA all you want, but you will not find race.
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For instance, while genetics obviously must account for skin color and other characteristics, there is no genetic basis for race.
Did you actually write that? Are you saying "skin color and other characteristics" are not "distinct and intrinsic attributes"?
They are not because you can't draw a line between where one race starts and one race stops.
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I think they are trying to say that from a biological point of view human races are bunk.
People who get lumped into the same race often have quite big genetic differences, and the classification is largely arbitrary based on superficial things like skin colour or eye shape.
Historically races were invented a few hundred years ago, mostly to "prove" that Europeans were superior to all others. Scientists of the era basically decides that white Europeans where the best and went looking for reasons to justify th
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as if you have psychic abilities.
I do.
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Didn't a woman have her life ruined for calling the police on an African American in Central Park one day last week?
The only reason she was afraid for the life was because that man was black. No other reason. He didn't do anything whatsoever to threaten her, or anything a reasonable person would interpret as threatening. So what she was doing was harassing him for being black.
And as far as I know, the cops did absolutely nothing wrong in this case. They came out (as they should when someone claims their life is in danger), assessed the situation calmly, found that there was absolutely nothing justifying her complaint,
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But not the iPhone's stolen from their customers or stores.... Neat....
You do know that the phones were demo phones that had specialized software on them, right? Like any demo unit, those particular units are not meant to be sold to customers.
(And I thought Apple always claimed there is no tracking abilities on Apple devices, what happens on the iPhone stays on it, etc ... The double think required here is amazing)
1) Since when has Apple claimed this? "Find my phone" feature has been available for years. Also you can track your Friends locations if they are near if you they allow you to track them. There are entire settings of what location data each app can track and what you allow. They keyword is "allow". 2) Apple's claim was the data on your ph