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[-] Kichae@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Are they still playing apologetics for the cops? Because if so, no thanks.

[-] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago
[-] Kichae@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Here's a google prompt for you: "raspberry pi police"

[-] YaBoyMax@programming.dev 58 points 1 year ago

No need to be an ass about it. For those who don't want to sift through an article, the RPi Foundation apparently hired an ex-cop who had been known to use their products to conduct surveillance, and that caused a controversy.

[-] amio@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Are they still [irrelevant complaint]"
"What?"
"GoOgLe iT"

Sigh...

"Raspberry Pi eats babies".

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

everybody claps and cheers when you say jUsT gOoGLe iT instead of being a decent human being and providing context

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 13 points 1 year ago

Well -- they never really backed down on what they did. Far as we know the out-and-proud espionage cop is still in their payroll, and the only response they ever gave to the story was a generalised 'We think the entire thing is being astroturfed and that no one reasonable is ACTUALLY against us hiring this guy who bragged about all the espionage he did' back in the day.

They never said anything about it since. So it's fair to assume they still believe in what they did.

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