There was literally a news report in the last couple of days of a NYPD cop who was fined for harassing a local resident because the resident lodged a formal complaint that the cops were parking their personal cars illegally. The cop harrassed him for 10 months - cops often think they're above the law.
In regards to cmplxty's specific example of cell data used to accuse people of crimes based on their device location data - this has been used for years by law enforcement Source. You can totally get in trouble if you just happened to be in the same area as a crime...
Ahh so this is a universal thing, huh? It's similar to what happens in Ghana. Unless police see you dressed and carrying yourself in a way that suggests you're a powerful person, you'll receive all forms harrasment from them on the road.
I'm not sure if my country utilizes this in solving crime, but it sounds like quite an innovative way to pin criminals (aside the abuse it and likely false accusations that might be associated with it too). It doesn't sound accurate or okay to arrest someone just off their pinging their phone in a certain area at a certain time, but if multiple evidences point in the direction of someone, then cell towers can likely help confirm.
Glad I'm not the only one keeping up with this type of stuff dude. It's pretty wild how complex it is and how little people are aware of it. With lots of these stories people gloss over the fact of how much information is available on people and how quickly and easily it's handed over.
The line is always to improve the finding of bad actors but yet 2 people got close enough to shoot a presidential candidate, one actually hitting him but it wasn't prevented. Lots more could be said about that itself but that's a conversation for another day.
Yeah, I saw a social media post this morning about a guy in a Cybertruck that was caught on camera hitting a parked car and running off... and it only took the people on a subreddit two hours to track him down after the footage was posted. It is extremely wild how much information about us is public (that we've likely volunteered ourselves).
The secret service is doing a terrible job... but I will say that the ranges on some of these scoped rifles does make their task extremely difficult, especially outdoors.