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Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car’s location, date, and time. They also capture your car’s make, model, color, and identifying features such as dents, roof racks, and bumper stickers, often turning these into searchable data points. These cameras collect data on millions of vehicles—regardless of whether the driver is suspected of a crime. While these systems can be useful for tracking stolen cars or wanted individuals, they are mostly used to track the movements of innocent people.

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

They're easy to cut down for now. The next step is going to be making them radio antenna's that mount on light poles so they're way harder to see or reach. The camera function will get removed, since it isn't needed anyway.

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[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 8 points 1 month ago

Since one goal is to make this such an expensive headache, not for Flock exactly, but for the cities paying for Flock, I don't think a light post should give anyone pause beyond proper PPE.

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[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Theyre already on light poles I'm petty sure. My flock detector went off in a part of a road that's only trees and utility poles

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago*

people will start cutting down utilities, and then people will get really mad about such volatile devices being placed on critical infrastructure

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[–] aeiou@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

No, they've already released the next step - it's a drone that watches from 2 kilofeet up.

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[–] cheesemoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

kft feels like a cursed unit of measurement

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[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Its only 5 throbbins less than a kilometer

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[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Guess I have to start training on shooting at a 45 degree angle up, instead of head on.

Thanks for the tip!

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

2 kilofeet up.

So about 216.9433 double-decker buses?

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[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Imagine the cost of doing that.

And they still won't be able to track every person they want like they can do now.

I call that a win.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

It's Murica, they can shoot at them.

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