Possibly unpopular take but in a vacuum I think this is good policy (as described). I think this directly disarms some of the psychological harm of stalking, while being “narrowly tailored”
Now do I trust the Republic of Samsung to use this policy/technology only in a pro-social way? Lmao no
What could go wrong?
FWIW, this seems ripe for data collection and field testing for free. (unless it’s a paid sub, then that’s worse)
Exploiting abuse survivors to test a surveillance system is a new low —even for government. 🖕🏼
FWIW, this seems ripe for data collection and field testing for free. (unless it’s a paid sub, then that’s worse)
Exploiting abuse survivors to test a surveillance system is a new low —even for government. 🖕🏼
Did you even read the article?
Here, I’ll help you:
The app’s effectiveness depends on courts ordering suspects to wear electronic tags, something that remains relatively rare in South Korean stalking cases.
Police arrested 29,404 people on stalking charges across 2024 and 2025. Authorities made 1,187 applications for electronic monitoring during that period, but courts approved only 427.
Your “surveillance system” is court-ordered ankle monitors for known stalkers. Which, sure, is surveillance. You know, for a convicted stalker.
Whether the ones who were stalked want to know where their stalker is might be a different story, but there’s this cool thing you can do with apps where you turn off notifications and hide the app somewhere you never go. That way they don’t have to see where the stalker is and they still get the benefit of “if that distance falls below 1km, police and probation authorities receive an alert and contact the victim.”
Thanks for this! I was too stoned and exhausted from a long shift last night to parse the article comprehensively, much less in full. 🙇🏼♂️
