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An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance

On a Wednesday morning in May, Hannah got a call from her lawyer—there was a warrant out for her husband’s arrest. Her thoughts went straight to her kids. They were going to come home from school and their father would be gone. “It burned me,” Hannah says, her voice breaking. “He hasn’t done anything to get his bond... #tech

https://www.wired.com/story/anti-porn-covenant-eyes-bond-revoked/

An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance

A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame.

WIRED
Jun 17, 2023 at 2:04pmWeb
Show threadasjmcguireJun 17, 2023

Agree with everyone else, this is terrifying (and will only get worse when AI gets pushed into everything) - but can someone explain the last part please:

Hannah, meanwhile, is afraid to stop paying $18.99 a month for a subscription with Covenant Eyes

Why is Hannah paying for a subscription?

Show threadautumnJun 17, 2023
It's a condition of his release, otherwise he'd have to sit in jail while it all gets sorted out.
Show threadasjmcguireJun 17, 2023
I mean sure, but he IS now sitting in jail for supposedly breaching the terms of his release.
Show threaddismalnowJun 17, 2023

Right or wrong, one thing I know about the US legal system is that your best option when they know who you are is to be as unremarkable as possible.

There's almost always another way to be punished for noncompliance - and if it doesn't exist, it will be invented and implemented before tomorrow's breakfast.

Best to keep paying until it's settled in court.