• Five
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    26 days ago

    These cars are mobile hi-def surveillance cameras. Incidentally they indefinitely track all the riders, their destinations and origins, and report it back to big data. Lime scooters are no better.

    • @entwine413@lemm.ee
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      Every app based transportation service is tracking the shit out of you, but it’s irrelevant because your phone is already doing it

  • Drunemeton
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    1726 days ago

    According to a few posts on Bluesky this is being caused by the smoke canisters their firing into the crowd.

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      1626 days ago

      I’m rooting for the protesters but that’s a pretty implausible excuse. Given that the police are publishing videos from Waymo, I’m not surprised they’re being set on fire. Fuck the police but also fuck everyone who is complicit

    • Cousin Mose
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      What? I was watching the protests live and the Waymo vehicles catching fire wasn’t caused by smoke canisters, lol.