▲ 678 ▼ Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing (www.404media.co) submitted 3 months ago by FundMECFS@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 months ago (35 children) Could you explain what you mean further? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 35 child comments replies: [–] Dojan@pawb.social 122 points 3 months ago (7 children) They're little computers with cameras that capture everything. I think some of these types of devices run Android. Many are very poorly secured, like the article suggests. A "license plate reader" sounds like it only reads license plates, these are surveillance platforms, with cameras and microphones. They can be accessed remotely to do more than just read a license plate. I'm thinking the person says that couching it as a license plate reader is disingenuous, because it doesn't really convey the gravity of what the devices are capable of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 40 points 3 months ago They're Android. And they're hella insecure. And hilariously jankilly implemented. I'd be ashamed if this was my states state surveillance infrastructure. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY permalink fedilink source parent [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago Yes, ALPR is a term used for the purpose of public relations. It does not accurately describe the technology. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (4 children) Any "license plate reader" has a camera and can be used for anything. This was true before flock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago I didn't know "any license plate reader" also scanned your phone as you went by and added your dog to their database to better identify you as an individual. They don’t just read license plates. They analyze faces/pets/distinctive clothing to ID people, scan nearby WiFi and Bluetooth signals to track devices, scan distinctive features of vehicles (dents, scratches, bumper stickers, etc) to track them even without a clear license plate, etc… Calling it a license plate reader vastly downplays their capabilities. It’s like someone calling a fully automatic high-powered machine gun “a rabbit-hunting gun”. Sure it could be used to shoot rabbits, but that’s vastly understating the capabilities. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) 'Can be' and 'are' are two completely different categories of things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? That's like basic stuff for any domestic security agency, in any country. The only difference is that now the data is shared with regular police with all the incompetence and abuse it implies. You have always been spied on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? No. I do not. I think allowing a private company access to that kind of data, without any meaningful restrictions on what they can do with it, is a lot different than the current situation of 'spy agencies can spy for the government'. If I'm a bad guy and I can get access to a Flock (or Palantir, fed by Flock) subscription then I can do bad guy things a lot more effectively. Can you think of any bad guys who could afford such a subscription? Who owns that data and what rules it falls under is important. The government needs a warrant to obtain cell-site location tracking data, but Flock can sell a subscription to obtain that same data to anybody who can clear an ACH transfer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 3 months ago* (11 children) They don’t just read license plates. They analyze faces/pets/distinctive clothing to ID people, scan nearby WiFi and Bluetooth signals to track devices, scan distinctive features of vehicles (dents, scratches, bumper stickers, etc) to track them even without a clear license plate, etc… Calling it a license plate reader vastly downplays their capabilities. It’s like someone calling a fully automatic high-powered machine gun “a rabbit-hunting gun”. Sure it could be used to shoot rabbits, but that’s vastly understating the capabilities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's good to point this out, I don't drive but I forget they could probably track my bike still based on it's distinctiveness, calling them license plate readers really does obscure the insidiousness well. We've heard about automatic license plate readers for years, they weren't like this so it is really disingenuous to call them such. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) oh yeah. like, if the police in town have figured out who i am from my trike, there's no way the ALPR hasn't. that thing is fucking distinctive. and i wave hi to everyone (the ALPRs with one finger) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) It used to be finger prints people needed to worry about. It so far beyond that now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 months ago (6 children) Atlanta has them in the middle of parks too far from and facing away from parking lots to read any license plates.... they're there to use facial recognition on children playing on park equipment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (4 children) Oh wow.this is just blatantly anti-police. You think cops shouldn't get to masturbate, just because they're cops? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) Not in their cruiser in the Walmart parking lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Then where. You can't really be asking them to get out of their cars! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago This guy wanks it 🥸 permalink fedilink source parent [–] cheesemoo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago And they probably sold the people in charge on the idea that it's to "protect the children" 🤮 permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago ground squirrels. we use the atf tag (it's not mine, i don't know what it's called) machine gun to hunt ground squirrels. i mean you have to kill them for environmental regulation and agricultural control anyways, might as well have some fun. permalink fedilink source parent [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago (3 children) It uses machine learning algorithms to identify vehicles independently of the license plate. Leaked documentation has also shown they operate facial recognition tech, in direct contradiction to the lies they tell the public. Flock is fundamentally an evil company, delivering the infrastructure for totalitarian rule, wrapped in the alluring false promise of eliminating crime. They know exactly what they are doing, which is why they are so heartily embraced by fascists in government, from the top all the way down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children) So the people that like these don't mind their own privacy being invaded? Perhaps they already know if caught doing something they will get a free pass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 child) Generally the ones putting them in are on the side of the system that gets a free pass wherever they go. And the majority of the public that allows it to happen fall for the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" fallacy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago i mean, i can bow and scrape my way into free passes for the occasional thing (it's usually in exchange for extraordinary services rendered years ago let's be real), but don't think for a second i want those flock fuckers in my country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (5 children) On top of what everyone else saod, FLOCK can track your vehicle as you cross several plus states. I would say 90% if not more highways and freeways have them across the US. Cool tool for stopping real crininals, bad tool on a civil rights side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago Pretty much everyone is a real criminal, it's just that most crimes are so minor that they are ignored (see: jaywalking, speeding, putting ice cream in your pocket). In some cases, the laws exist to provide a fig leaf for the powers that be when they want to fuck with someone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) People don't understand "real" criminal in deeply intertwined with regular people and regular cops and politicians. Most "regular" naive people think of criminals as some mythical thing but they are everywhere. It's almost as if the "straight" legal life is mirrored 1 to 1 with the dark side. And that part of maintaining the "legal" side is to market that the dark side is a myth, even though is there, part of the "legal" sides politics, economy, and culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) This is basically what happened when people whine about the authority only take action when crime are commited. So now everyone are being watched in every corner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* Idk even know if it's that. This system works people against each other. They create the barrel of crabs and profit off all the bullshit as people claw their way out to get to the rights that a human should naturally have. Everything is business. And suffering creates reason. It's a system. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago Cool? Arguable. Useful? Not in practice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) They're just public cameras. They're notoriously used to capture and record the locations of vehicles via their license plates but realistically they totally could flip a switch and start using them for things like facial recognition overnight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) No switch to be flipped. Already used that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 3 months ago Source? permalink fedilink source parent [+] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Dude, I think you're misunderstanding. i really wanted to understand. Thankfully Lemmy is awesome, and now I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dojan@pawb.social 122 points 3 months ago (7 children) They're little computers with cameras that capture everything. I think some of these types of devices run Android. Many are very poorly secured, like the article suggests. A "license plate reader" sounds like it only reads license plates, these are surveillance platforms, with cameras and microphones. They can be accessed remotely to do more than just read a license plate. I'm thinking the person says that couching it as a license plate reader is disingenuous, because it doesn't really convey the gravity of what the devices are capable of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 40 points 3 months ago They're Android. And they're hella insecure. And hilariously jankilly implemented. I'd be ashamed if this was my states state surveillance infrastructure. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY permalink fedilink source parent [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago Yes, ALPR is a term used for the purpose of public relations. It does not accurately describe the technology. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (4 children) Any "license plate reader" has a camera and can be used for anything. This was true before flock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago I didn't know "any license plate reader" also scanned your phone as you went by and added your dog to their database to better identify you as an individual. They don’t just read license plates. They analyze faces/pets/distinctive clothing to ID people, scan nearby WiFi and Bluetooth signals to track devices, scan distinctive features of vehicles (dents, scratches, bumper stickers, etc) to track them even without a clear license plate, etc… Calling it a license plate reader vastly downplays their capabilities. It’s like someone calling a fully automatic high-powered machine gun “a rabbit-hunting gun”. Sure it could be used to shoot rabbits, but that’s vastly understating the capabilities. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) 'Can be' and 'are' are two completely different categories of things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? That's like basic stuff for any domestic security agency, in any country. The only difference is that now the data is shared with regular police with all the incompetence and abuse it implies. You have always been spied on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? No. I do not. I think allowing a private company access to that kind of data, without any meaningful restrictions on what they can do with it, is a lot different than the current situation of 'spy agencies can spy for the government'. If I'm a bad guy and I can get access to a Flock (or Palantir, fed by Flock) subscription then I can do bad guy things a lot more effectively. Can you think of any bad guys who could afford such a subscription? Who owns that data and what rules it falls under is important. The government needs a warrant to obtain cell-site location tracking data, but Flock can sell a subscription to obtain that same data to anybody who can clear an ACH transfer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 40 points 3 months ago They're Android. And they're hella insecure. And hilariously jankilly implemented. I'd be ashamed if this was my states state surveillance infrastructure. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY permalink fedilink source parent
[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago Yes, ALPR is a term used for the purpose of public relations. It does not accurately describe the technology. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (4 children) Any "license plate reader" has a camera and can be used for anything. This was true before flock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago I didn't know "any license plate reader" also scanned your phone as you went by and added your dog to their database to better identify you as an individual. They don’t just read license plates. They analyze faces/pets/distinctive clothing to ID people, scan nearby WiFi and Bluetooth signals to track devices, scan distinctive features of vehicles (dents, scratches, bumper stickers, etc) to track them even without a clear license plate, etc… Calling it a license plate reader vastly downplays their capabilities. It’s like someone calling a fully automatic high-powered machine gun “a rabbit-hunting gun”. Sure it could be used to shoot rabbits, but that’s vastly understating the capabilities. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) 'Can be' and 'are' are two completely different categories of things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? That's like basic stuff for any domestic security agency, in any country. The only difference is that now the data is shared with regular police with all the incompetence and abuse it implies. You have always been spied on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? No. I do not. I think allowing a private company access to that kind of data, without any meaningful restrictions on what they can do with it, is a lot different than the current situation of 'spy agencies can spy for the government'. If I'm a bad guy and I can get access to a Flock (or Palantir, fed by Flock) subscription then I can do bad guy things a lot more effectively. Can you think of any bad guys who could afford such a subscription? Who owns that data and what rules it falls under is important. The government needs a warrant to obtain cell-site location tracking data, but Flock can sell a subscription to obtain that same data to anybody who can clear an ACH transfer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago I didn't know "any license plate reader" also scanned your phone as you went by and added your dog to their database to better identify you as an individual. They don’t just read license plates. They analyze faces/pets/distinctive clothing to ID people, scan nearby WiFi and Bluetooth signals to track devices, scan distinctive features of vehicles (dents, scratches, bumper stickers, etc) to track them even without a clear license plate, etc… Calling it a license plate reader vastly downplays their capabilities. It’s like someone calling a fully automatic high-powered machine gun “a rabbit-hunting gun”. Sure it could be used to shoot rabbits, but that’s vastly understating the capabilities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) 'Can be' and 'are' are two completely different categories of things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? That's like basic stuff for any domestic security agency, in any country. The only difference is that now the data is shared with regular police with all the incompetence and abuse it implies. You have always been spied on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? No. I do not. I think allowing a private company access to that kind of data, without any meaningful restrictions on what they can do with it, is a lot different than the current situation of 'spy agencies can spy for the government'. If I'm a bad guy and I can get access to a Flock (or Palantir, fed by Flock) subscription then I can do bad guy things a lot more effectively. Can you think of any bad guys who could afford such a subscription? Who owns that data and what rules it falls under is important. The government needs a warrant to obtain cell-site location tracking data, but Flock can sell a subscription to obtain that same data to anybody who can clear an ACH transfer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? That's like basic stuff for any domestic security agency, in any country. The only difference is that now the data is shared with regular police with all the incompetence and abuse it implies. You have always been spied on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? No. I do not. I think allowing a private company access to that kind of data, without any meaningful restrictions on what they can do with it, is a lot different than the current situation of 'spy agencies can spy for the government'. If I'm a bad guy and I can get access to a Flock (or Palantir, fed by Flock) subscription then I can do bad guy things a lot more effectively. Can you think of any bad guys who could afford such a subscription? Who owns that data and what rules it falls under is important. The government needs a warrant to obtain cell-site location tracking data, but Flock can sell a subscription to obtain that same data to anybody who can clear an ACH transfer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* You think USA government agencies never thought of using public surveillance cameras to spy on people before now? No. I do not. I think allowing a private company access to that kind of data, without any meaningful restrictions on what they can do with it, is a lot different than the current situation of 'spy agencies can spy for the government'. If I'm a bad guy and I can get access to a Flock (or Palantir, fed by Flock) subscription then I can do bad guy things a lot more effectively. Can you think of any bad guys who could afford such a subscription? Who owns that data and what rules it falls under is important. The government needs a warrant to obtain cell-site location tracking data, but Flock can sell a subscription to obtain that same data to anybody who can clear an ACH transfer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 3 months ago* (11 children) They don’t just read license plates. They analyze faces/pets/distinctive clothing to ID people, scan nearby WiFi and Bluetooth signals to track devices, scan distinctive features of vehicles (dents, scratches, bumper stickers, etc) to track them even without a clear license plate, etc… Calling it a license plate reader vastly downplays their capabilities. It’s like someone calling a fully automatic high-powered machine gun “a rabbit-hunting gun”. Sure it could be used to shoot rabbits, but that’s vastly understating the capabilities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's good to point this out, I don't drive but I forget they could probably track my bike still based on it's distinctiveness, calling them license plate readers really does obscure the insidiousness well. We've heard about automatic license plate readers for years, they weren't like this so it is really disingenuous to call them such. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) oh yeah. like, if the police in town have figured out who i am from my trike, there's no way the ALPR hasn't. that thing is fucking distinctive. and i wave hi to everyone (the ALPRs with one finger) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) It used to be finger prints people needed to worry about. It so far beyond that now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 months ago (6 children) Atlanta has them in the middle of parks too far from and facing away from parking lots to read any license plates.... they're there to use facial recognition on children playing on park equipment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (4 children) Oh wow.this is just blatantly anti-police. You think cops shouldn't get to masturbate, just because they're cops? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) Not in their cruiser in the Walmart parking lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Then where. You can't really be asking them to get out of their cars! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago This guy wanks it 🥸 permalink fedilink source parent [–] cheesemoo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago And they probably sold the people in charge on the idea that it's to "protect the children" 🤮 permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago ground squirrels. we use the atf tag (it's not mine, i don't know what it's called) machine gun to hunt ground squirrels. i mean you have to kill them for environmental regulation and agricultural control anyways, might as well have some fun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's good to point this out, I don't drive but I forget they could probably track my bike still based on it's distinctiveness, calling them license plate readers really does obscure the insidiousness well. We've heard about automatic license plate readers for years, they weren't like this so it is really disingenuous to call them such. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) oh yeah. like, if the police in town have figured out who i am from my trike, there's no way the ALPR hasn't. that thing is fucking distinctive. and i wave hi to everyone (the ALPRs with one finger) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) It used to be finger prints people needed to worry about. It so far beyond that now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) oh yeah. like, if the police in town have figured out who i am from my trike, there's no way the ALPR hasn't. that thing is fucking distinctive. and i wave hi to everyone (the ALPRs with one finger) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) It used to be finger prints people needed to worry about. It so far beyond that now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) It used to be finger prints people needed to worry about. It so far beyond that now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 months ago (6 children) Atlanta has them in the middle of parks too far from and facing away from parking lots to read any license plates.... they're there to use facial recognition on children playing on park equipment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (4 children) Oh wow.this is just blatantly anti-police. You think cops shouldn't get to masturbate, just because they're cops? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) Not in their cruiser in the Walmart parking lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Then where. You can't really be asking them to get out of their cars! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago This guy wanks it 🥸 permalink fedilink source parent [–] cheesemoo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago And they probably sold the people in charge on the idea that it's to "protect the children" 🤮 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (4 children) Oh wow.this is just blatantly anti-police. You think cops shouldn't get to masturbate, just because they're cops? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) Not in their cruiser in the Walmart parking lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Then where. You can't really be asking them to get out of their cars! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago This guy wanks it 🥸 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) Not in their cruiser in the Walmart parking lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Then where. You can't really be asking them to get out of their cars! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago This guy wanks it 🥸 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Then where. You can't really be asking them to get out of their cars! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago This guy wanks it 🥸 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) By the dumpster in the alley behind Arby's. But not the Arby's on main, the one over across the tracks by the pulp mill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cheesemoo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago And they probably sold the people in charge on the idea that it's to "protect the children" 🤮 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago ground squirrels. we use the atf tag (it's not mine, i don't know what it's called) machine gun to hunt ground squirrels. i mean you have to kill them for environmental regulation and agricultural control anyways, might as well have some fun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago (3 children) It uses machine learning algorithms to identify vehicles independently of the license plate. Leaked documentation has also shown they operate facial recognition tech, in direct contradiction to the lies they tell the public. Flock is fundamentally an evil company, delivering the infrastructure for totalitarian rule, wrapped in the alluring false promise of eliminating crime. They know exactly what they are doing, which is why they are so heartily embraced by fascists in government, from the top all the way down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children) So the people that like these don't mind their own privacy being invaded? Perhaps they already know if caught doing something they will get a free pass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 child) Generally the ones putting them in are on the side of the system that gets a free pass wherever they go. And the majority of the public that allows it to happen fall for the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" fallacy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago i mean, i can bow and scrape my way into free passes for the occasional thing (it's usually in exchange for extraordinary services rendered years ago let's be real), but don't think for a second i want those flock fuckers in my country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children) So the people that like these don't mind their own privacy being invaded? Perhaps they already know if caught doing something they will get a free pass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 child) Generally the ones putting them in are on the side of the system that gets a free pass wherever they go. And the majority of the public that allows it to happen fall for the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" fallacy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago i mean, i can bow and scrape my way into free passes for the occasional thing (it's usually in exchange for extraordinary services rendered years ago let's be real), but don't think for a second i want those flock fuckers in my country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 child) Generally the ones putting them in are on the side of the system that gets a free pass wherever they go. And the majority of the public that allows it to happen fall for the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" fallacy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago i mean, i can bow and scrape my way into free passes for the occasional thing (it's usually in exchange for extraordinary services rendered years ago let's be real), but don't think for a second i want those flock fuckers in my country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago i mean, i can bow and scrape my way into free passes for the occasional thing (it's usually in exchange for extraordinary services rendered years ago let's be real), but don't think for a second i want those flock fuckers in my country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (5 children) On top of what everyone else saod, FLOCK can track your vehicle as you cross several plus states. I would say 90% if not more highways and freeways have them across the US. Cool tool for stopping real crininals, bad tool on a civil rights side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago Pretty much everyone is a real criminal, it's just that most crimes are so minor that they are ignored (see: jaywalking, speeding, putting ice cream in your pocket). In some cases, the laws exist to provide a fig leaf for the powers that be when they want to fuck with someone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) People don't understand "real" criminal in deeply intertwined with regular people and regular cops and politicians. Most "regular" naive people think of criminals as some mythical thing but they are everywhere. It's almost as if the "straight" legal life is mirrored 1 to 1 with the dark side. And that part of maintaining the "legal" side is to market that the dark side is a myth, even though is there, part of the "legal" sides politics, economy, and culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) This is basically what happened when people whine about the authority only take action when crime are commited. So now everyone are being watched in every corner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* Idk even know if it's that. This system works people against each other. They create the barrel of crabs and profit off all the bullshit as people claw their way out to get to the rights that a human should naturally have. Everything is business. And suffering creates reason. It's a system. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago Cool? Arguable. Useful? Not in practice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago Pretty much everyone is a real criminal, it's just that most crimes are so minor that they are ignored (see: jaywalking, speeding, putting ice cream in your pocket). In some cases, the laws exist to provide a fig leaf for the powers that be when they want to fuck with someone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) People don't understand "real" criminal in deeply intertwined with regular people and regular cops and politicians. Most "regular" naive people think of criminals as some mythical thing but they are everywhere. It's almost as if the "straight" legal life is mirrored 1 to 1 with the dark side. And that part of maintaining the "legal" side is to market that the dark side is a myth, even though is there, part of the "legal" sides politics, economy, and culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) This is basically what happened when people whine about the authority only take action when crime are commited. So now everyone are being watched in every corner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* Idk even know if it's that. This system works people against each other. They create the barrel of crabs and profit off all the bullshit as people claw their way out to get to the rights that a human should naturally have. Everything is business. And suffering creates reason. It's a system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) This is basically what happened when people whine about the authority only take action when crime are commited. So now everyone are being watched in every corner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* Idk even know if it's that. This system works people against each other. They create the barrel of crabs and profit off all the bullshit as people claw their way out to get to the rights that a human should naturally have. Everything is business. And suffering creates reason. It's a system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* Idk even know if it's that. This system works people against each other. They create the barrel of crabs and profit off all the bullshit as people claw their way out to get to the rights that a human should naturally have. Everything is business. And suffering creates reason. It's a system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago Cool? Arguable. Useful? Not in practice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) They're just public cameras. They're notoriously used to capture and record the locations of vehicles via their license plates but realistically they totally could flip a switch and start using them for things like facial recognition overnight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) No switch to be flipped. Already used that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 3 months ago Source? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) No switch to be flipped. Already used that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 3 months ago Source? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Dude, I think you're misunderstanding. i really wanted to understand. Thankfully Lemmy is awesome, and now I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Dude, I think you're misunderstanding. i really wanted to understand. Thankfully Lemmy is awesome, and now I do. permalink fedilink source parent