Several police officers arrested for using controversial Flock AI license plate reader system to stalk romantic partners, says report
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/security-software/several-police-officers-arrested-for-using-controversial-flock-ai-license-plate-reader-system-to-stalk-romantic-partners-says-report-investigators-have-unearthed-at-least-18-such-cases-in-the-us-over-recent-years
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kaidenshi@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 79d
Tale as old as time. Over twenty years ago police NCIC security and integrity training courses contained a cautionary tale about a sheriff’s deputy who tried to hit on a woman coming out of the courthouse, she brushed him off so he watched her get into her car and drive away, and he ran her license plate to find out where she lived. He went to her house and tried flirting again. Turned out she was an assistant DA and she nailed his ass to the wall for it. He lost his job and went to jail.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 79d
And how would that have turned out if she didn't happen to be in a position of power?
jumjummy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
Oh take your pick:
A. “Boys will be boys” B. “She probably led him on” C. “She’s just making it all up for attention” D. All of the above
Extrawurst@feddit.org · 21 pts · 79d
surprised_yellow_rat.jpg Who would have thought this is how that technology could be used
dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 79d
If they're stalking them, they're hardly romantic partners are they? More like victims of stalking and overreach.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 79d
These are cops were talking about, some of the most controlling people on the planet. I think it’s entirely plausible they were stalking/tracking people they were actively dating. I’m also going to guess that this isn’t just something they’ve started doing since they got access to this technology.
jasoman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d
still cops that is why it is not a worse punishment.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 79d
Arrested? For real? I thought they were above the law
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 79d
ACAB
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 79d
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 79d
Sesame Street is poetry
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 79d
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
This kind of shit has been happening since the Snowden whistleblowing scandal.
Etterra@discuss.online · 0 pts · 78d
They won't get convicted, they're just needing arrested to make it look like the cops aren't corrupt.