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Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around (theintercept.com)

submitted 5 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Oh oh oh but I thought I was told these cameras are only simple license plate readers and do not track pedestrians or faces???

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 days ago

There pointed at playgrounds... we all know what the Epstein class is using them for.

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[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

IDK who told you that. They have ai face scanning and can identify vehicles from stickers and damage.

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

IDK who told you that.

My own local police department when justifying them covering every city entrance and exit with them. ._.

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