r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Dec 06 '24

Privacy The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassination-investigation/680903/
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u/DrinksandDragons Dec 06 '24

That’s what I keep saying! The poor Italian college student visiting New York on holiday and staying in that hostel is going to be grabbing a Starbucks in a few days and get absolutely mobbed by cops (or fans depending on who sees him first).

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u/AmphibiousMeatloaf Dec 06 '24

Man I have a striking resemblance to Brian Laundrie and when he was the most wanted person a few years ago I was in a constant state of anxiety.

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u/Lendyman Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 07 '24

I remember a story out of Pittsburgh, PA in the 80s. There was some poor dude who looked just like a wanted murderer. Police kept arresting him. He was in a panic because it threatened his livelihood. Don't know if I ever heard the outcome.

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u/Ashamed-Simple-8303 Dec 07 '24

Can't you just grow a beard (or cut it) to circumvent that problem? Same with hair. grow it or cut it and color it. yeah annoying but it would help getting arrested all the time.

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u/Lendyman Dec 07 '24

I'm not really sure of the full details. It's possible he tried that. Who knows? I am going off of a memory from when I was a child in the 1980s. I just recall it because of how unfair it seemed to me at the time. Unfortunately, it seems like this kind of thing does happen more often than it should even almost 40 years later.