121K views · Feb 20, 2013 · 1:20 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021
A one-minute trimmed clip from The Dark Knight showing the cell phone sonar surveillance system.
Why Hacker News points people here: Used purely as a joke or meme when threads touch on tracking and surveillance.
“Batman showed us the future and Apple delivered.”
Anybody with $29 can track a target by leveraging everyone else's iPhone. Whether the target uses a phone or not is of no consequence. Batman showed us the future and Apple delivered.[0] [0] this video
“Paranoid memes below”
Agreed, old news. Also think about apartment buildings with coax link "Human intruder detection with Leaky Coaxial cables for wide area surveillance system" 2011 link Paranoid memes below this video link
“Like batman!”
So far the courts have determined that since providers invade their customer privacy of their own free will with no incentive or coersion by any government agency, that it is not a search by the goverment. It's just your friendly trillion dollar tech company putting on a mask and cape and engaging in a bit of vigilante fun. You know? Like batman! ( this video )
