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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional: it’s one of the first times a federal judge has decided Flock searches can be unconstitutional. (www.404media.co)
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[–] [S] 103 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Turns out »it’s on a public road« stops being a magic privacy waiver when police can reconstruct a month of your movements with a few clicks. Flock sold dragnet surveillance as a camera network, and a federal judge finally called it what it is: indiscriminate mass surveillance.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I made a video that is tangentially related to this a week and a half ago. There isn't a ton of reporting on it, but Flock is losing a ton of cash thanks to local privacy movements.

    Just in September they lost 100+ contracts. They've lost almost 400 since June, in 36 US states.

    Seeing the response is the first thing that's given me a flicker of hope since the Patriot Act passed.

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