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>>wut42+(OP)
>"...undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked Google for information on who had viewed the videos, which collectively have been watched over 30,000 times."

For fuck's sake, there are thousands upon thousands of companies and individuals with totally legit commercial interest in this tech. I bet Zwift and the likes are doing just that.

>>FpUser+V4
> undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked

Entrapment?

>>anamax+i5
Entrapment isn’t just “any time police trick you during an investigation”. It is only entrapment if the police actually induce you to commit the crime you are charged with. Viewing these videos is not a crime.

>>initpl+xf
Presumably the police think that people who viewed those videos are somewhat likely to have committed some crime.

At least some of those people wouldn't have thought of committing that crime without being exposed to those videos.

That's not at the level of a cop saying "hey, let's go rob a bank" to some sap, but ...

>>anamax+6j
I think you have missed a key detail in the story. None of the video content is in any way criminal.

It’s an attempt to unmask someone the police are investigating for completely unrelated criminal activity (money laundering with cryptocurrencies). The video was apparently something completely innocuous about drone surveying.