Dayton workers have placed bags over the city’s Flock cameras.

This follows the city’s suspension of use of its Flock cameras — a type of automatic license plate reader that generates data that can be accessed by departments all over the country — after realizing its data was being scanned for immigration reasons, in violation of city policy. A Dayton Daily News investigation found other area police departments allow their data to be accessed for immigration purposes.

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[–] 5 points 2 months ago

That's awesome! Hopefully more places follow suit

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Sometimes my hometown doesn't shit its pants and faceplant. Though I've been bothering them about this shit for months.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Do you suppose they're sanitizing the inputs they're getting before running them though AI or putting them in a database?

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