Interception

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa 4/2 near Recolle Police Department

If you haven't met me before, this is Officer Hitori Togusa with the RPD. I have a request, for anyone comfortable sharing them. The photos that you're being sent? Could you keep an eye out for any kind of mirror or reflective surface anywhere in the shot? If you find them, could you send them along to me? We have software the might be able to find more in the shots than you'd be able to. In addition, anyone who would like to make privacy complaints, I can only beg you to do so. We do not have a formal investigation into Retrospec at this time, but that may change if enough citizens come forwards with complaints. If you can, I'd even ask you to try to file them with people NOT on the application. I want to see if they'll notice anything wrong at that point. Speaking of, there are a number of detectives, officers, and support personnel currently on the application, but rather than naming them outright, I'll leave it up to them to offer their services to the people of Recolle. I'm not sure who has a full case load right now and who doesn't. Thank you.

Comments

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard At the risk of being labeled something of a troublemaker, I will fill out an incident report with the police.
Chloe Bouchard Based on experience, I will stick to spoken accounts however, as I suspect even a printed copy of the images would not be visible.
Chloe Bouchard I have seen even physical images sent by Retrospec change in the past depending on who was looking, or if I remembered something about them.
Chloe Bouchard It makes the photocopy I received last month worrisome.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Talk to somebody else, and then come to one of us, I suspect we're all curious about whether or not anyone else will react to the images.
Hitori Togusa But from what I can tell, they can actually see the photos? I just don't know if they'll take it seriously enough to warrant an investigation.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard I can do that, and I think I know ways to phrase it so that it won't be odd that I have a blank sheet of paper with me.

[Hopefully.]

Chloe Bouchard You might be right, though, and even without the photos, if there's enough of an attempt to get their attention, they have to do something at some point.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Let's be clear, this is a bad move on my part. I'm probably going to get in a lot of trouble for doing this. But I'm willing to burn some of my Departmental good will if it gets something moving.
Hitori Togusa This all would have been easier if Retrospec had just added our Chief in the first place.

[true_noir]

Chloe Bouchard A strong possibility, yes, if they don't think that anything is there.
Chloe Bouchard And it almost certainly would have helped to have your chief and a judge on the app so that someone could at least see what is happening.
Chloe Bouchard But I suspect that they know this, which is why they haven't.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa You know? Okay. Thank you for hitting on something that has been bothering me about this entire setup.
Hitori Togusa If Retrospec has this ability to put their spying application on anyone's phone, they can't get rid of it, and now Retrospec can see everything they're doing?
Hitori Togusa Why are they wasting it on us? If Mr. Halloway there is so bored, why not drag some more interesting people onto the platform? Like our Mayor, or other politicians, or judges, or our Chief?

[vendettastool]

Yoon-sung Lee I might be able to lend a hand with that.
Yoon-sung Lee 'Might' because I'm not sure what others would say considering how I could get the information.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa And you've hit on exactly why I was asking people to forward the photos voluntarily.
Hitori Togusa Bad enough Retrospec is doing it, let's not make the epidemic of privacy violations any worse.

[vendettastool]

Yoon-sung Lee It's more then photographs.
Yoon-sung Lee I can get into a couple video systems and record it.

[standalonehuman]

[Why do people perpetually tell Togusa things that he might have to act on? Mr. James Barnes is still far and away in the lead on that front, but damn it, people.]

Hitori Togusa I would have to ask you not to do that, just for the sheer illegality of it all. It's a telecommunications violation at the very least, not to mention a secondary privacy violation for the people involved.

[OOC: For the love of all that's holy, do not let Togusa stop you from actually doing this, you just brought the idea to the wrong cop.]

[vendettastool]

[ Batman does what he does I mean He just saying.]

Yoon-sung Lee I'm just saying if anyone does ask I could help in that respect, not that I would.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Okay. Well. I don't know, even with permission, I still think it's illegal? I think. I could be wrong?
Hitori Togusa Back to the books. I swear, I've gotten so much review from my pre-law courses thanks to Retrospec. Last month I had to brush up on all Recolle's age limits for weapon ownership and public carry.

[me_matey]

-Togusa doesn't deserve it. As far as May's seen, he's one of the good ones. But she's upset, vulnerable, and has never been on the right side of the law. Sadly, this means he's gonna be the sounding board for her frustrations.-

u want us to make fuckin complaints?

ur brass wont even admit theres anything going on! fuck u, if the cops arent gonna protect me, and they never have, im gonna protect myself. just try and arrest me when i leave this dude in a heap, i dare u.

[matchbreaker]

Elda Marker I've had every intention of doing so in the first place
Elda Marker But it is good to have an officer confirming that they think that's a good idea.
Elda Marker I've some photos which might be good in terms of mirrors, but I've not seen anything in them myself.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa I'm glad someone else is on the same page. Our tech might be better to be able to see something other people would miss? But only pass them along if you absolutely feel comfortable with it.
Hitori Togusa Good to meet you, I don't believe we've spoken before? But everyone's names were displaying strange last month.

[matchbreaker]

Elda Marker Were they?
Elda Marker I would not know; I only was added as a "tester" the other day.
Elda Marker Still, other than minor vandalism against my house, I've had little run in with the law, so that isn't surprising. It's a pleasure to meet you and I hope that the user of technology will help us.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa They were! It was funny, actually, having to keep asking all the new people I was meeting their names.

Hitori Togusa On the plus side, I think that having so many of us officers on here can only help us respond to things faster.
Hitori Togusa I'll give Retrospec this, when there was an emergency a few months ago, a blackout? Their network was still working. So at least we might be able to use this to coordinate when things are going wrong.

[matchbreaker]

Elda Marker So Retrospec is fully independent of the main grid?
Elda Marker I can see where it would be charming to have to ask names. Particularly given the lacking picture quality
Elda Marker Are you worried about security for using it like that?

[clear_eyes]

Rachel Hishimura Hello Office Hitori. My name is Rachel Hishimura. We haven't spoken before but I think you've given some good advice here.
Rachel Hishimura I did want to ask a question, however.
Rachel Hishimura Have you observed the kind of response putting a privacy complaint gets from your department? If so, is it taken seriously or is it treated the same way as when people not on Retrospec react to the changes in the world?

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa A pleasure to meet you, Miss Hishimura.
Hitori Togusa Unfortunately, I haven't observed it, because no one has done it yet. If I try to bring it to the other members of the Department, directly, they can't see a thing.
Hitori Togusa I'm asking for your help, because I want to be able to do more to protect people. We would be able to get so much farther with official Department resources. But my Chief, the one person who would be able to attribute us those resources, wasn't lucky enough to get chosen here.
Hitori Togusa Since I can't just show him? We've got to find another way to convince him.

[clear_eyes]

Rachel Hishimura I see. I must confess then that I'm part of the problem, given I thought about submitting one after this all started and then gave up after my mother's reaction disturbed me.
Rachel Hishimura So I'd like to extend my apologies.
Rachel Hishimura I will submit a formal complaint as soon as I'm able to after school, thank you.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa There is zero need to apologize. Don't feel guilty. Please.
Hitori Togusa It takes a lot of courage to speak up about something that other people are literally telling you doesn't exist.
Hitori Togusa If you'd rather give your complaint to me, or you want somebody to be there when you talk to somebody, just let me know, okay?

[clear_eyes]

Rachel Hishimura Very well. I suppose beating myself up would be kind of counter-intuitive at this point.
Rachel Hishimura I think I'd like to give it to you, then. I feel like I'd have more peace of mind that you'd take it seriously than someone not on Retrospec.
Rachel Hishimura When your own mother thinks something like this is a stress related break... it can make you guarded.

[obscultator]

Karl Bergfried That's an excellent idea. I haven't noticed any reflective surfaces in the handful of images I have received, but if a promising-looking one arrives I'll be sure to send it along
Karl Bergfried By the way, I had forgoten to mention it, but as of a couple of weeks ago it seems that I am no longer in your proposed "control group." Unfortunately.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Father. Good to hear from you again.
Hitori Togusa Well. Now that's interesting, because I think that leaves me and only one other person.
Hitori Togusa A different man would be given to paranoia now. But maybe I'm just not doing the right things. Or, again, we're back on the 'get on a normal sleep schedule, Hitori' theory.