Also great journalism from EFF on the same story!
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The Flock source added βEven if Flock took a stance on permitted use-cases, a motivated user could simply lie about why they're performing a search. We can never 100% know how or why our tools are being used.β
Superb journalism once again by 404 Media!
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Eyes on Flock dashboard showing number of cameras, hotlist hits and other data.
We leverage the incredibly useful Eyes on Flock dashboard quite a bit.
It aggregates Flock data from law enforcement agencies across the US based on their transparency portals.
eyesonflock.com
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Thanks, will get that added today.
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YouTube video by Christophe
The police's terrifying new cameras
Excellent video!
youtu.be/vWj26RIlN_I
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Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says
Flock Safety says it has become βthe largest public-private safety networkβ in the country.
New from me: Filings from a Virginia lawsuit offer a rare insight into how often Flock automatic license plate readers track people going about their daily lives: Multiple times a day, and hundreds over a period of a few months this year.
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People are talking past each other in a really ugly way about data sharing, and as someone who has both written terms of service for large-scale digital platforms, and built infrastructure for gathering data for campaigns, it's important to understand the context of threats people are speaking toβ¦
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Cleveland City Council Member Kerry McCormack resigning post
Cleveland City Council Member Kerry McCormack is leaving after a decade as a local elected official to work for Flock Safety.
The latest example of the revolving door of public officials and police who move to work for private surveillance companies.
"At Flock, he will lead public affairs for the eastern U.S., working with local governments that use the companyβs technology."
signalcleveland.org/cleveland-ci...
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Did you know?
Flock Safety, a private company, tracks the movements of nearly every American with over 90,000 AI-assisted cameras marketed as ALPRs.
Your historical location data is shared and searched by law enforcement across jurisdictions without a warrant or probable cause.
eyesonflock.com
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