• LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It what world do you all live in where this wasn’t accomplished for hundreds of years by hiring an investigator?

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      11 months ago

      The difference is that with modern surveillance technology you can do it with everyone all the time. And that’s a big difference.

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        11 months ago

        No it’s not. That’s not true.

        This is a database of user information. Of course they are going to have eyes on the former President. If you do this with a normal person you’ll have lots less data and will need to use tools and people to figure it out.

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          Okay, it does say “commercial software.” How much do you think that could possibly cost? Anywhere near as much as a private investigator would?

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            11 months ago

            You wanna guess how much I spent for a small 250 person company on just log storage? Don’t include labor, just the storage.

            It’s very expensive. Way more than hiring a guy for $300 an hour.

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              Is that relevant? Tracking people coming in and out of a building doesn’t require the same amount of storage as a 250-person company or anywhere near it. You could probably store it all on a 1 TB drive. It’s not like these are 8k images.