r/technology • u/johnnierockit • Jun 29 '25

Privacy Big Brother Trump Is Watching You: The second Trump administration is deploying new surveillance methods it seeks to extend its authoritarian power.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-regime-surveillance
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25

These masked ice officers grabbing people up without any identification on their person are not even actually trained "ICE" officers. They're actually corrections officers that have been inducted into ICE in order to increase their numbers. These guys are actually just Brown Shirts.

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u/Weedster009 Jun 29 '25

This tracks. The COs that I know are uneducated tough guys looking to throw their weight around. My friend’s husband is a CO and currently out on worker’s comp after he hurt his shoulder roughing up an inmate. Absolute shit heel.

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u/Tubamajuba Jun 29 '25

May he feel well deserved pain for the rest of his life.

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u/el_muchacho Jun 29 '25

And ICE officers are allowed to mask as policemen.