Raspberry pi hired a cop π
Submitted by flabberghaster in technology
Submitted by flabberghaster in technology
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Yeah I was going to link it but their mastodon instance was down at the time. How awful, but not surprising. They're a company, not ideologically motivated in the way I'd wish.
twovests wrote
Me, learning about this for the first time: "Maybe it was a mistake? Maybe they didn't know they hired a cop?"
Their Twitter:
Oh no! They don't seem to see the problem. Worse, per the comments, @Raspberry_Pi has been blocking detractors too.
But hey, all cops are bastards, but maybe this person is a reformed officer? Nope, turns out he had a proud 15 years of using Raspberry Pis as a surveillance officer:
And then, whoever runs the official Raspberry Pi Mastodon seems to have the maturity of a literal child.
Even with the most generous interpretation to Raspberry Pi, with all the goodwill they built over the years, this definitely burns them for me. Hiring an ex cop who used RPis for covert surveillance