Flock's Network Is Losing Value to Cops as More and More of Its Cameras Go Offline
https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-network-losing-value-police-alpr-wisconsin
https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-network-losing-value-police-alpr-wisconsin
35 Comments
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 88 pts · 18d
Oh, no.
Anyway...
cybervseas@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 18d
Oh, yes.
Been a while since it's felt like the people have any power.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 18d
they'll just start hiding them better.. and in places that are most certainly a bad idea to tamper with, like embedded right inside stop lights
shininghero@pawb.social · 15 pts · 18d
Nothing that can't be fixed with one of those 1000 mW handheld lasers.
dan1101@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 18d
Yeah this is the sort of thing we now have to stay vigilant about. Companies, state and local officials, and law enforcement all want a 24/7 queryable surveillance network to happen.
hamsamrich@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 18d
Would be crazy if the general public became aware of axon too!
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 18d
Not just axon, there's more :(
grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 17d
Name them if you can, please.
hamsamrich@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d
https://youtu.be/rMZO2IPAP3k
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16d
Ring cameras
dan1101@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d
We need to start gathering signatures for recall elections when our elected officials go rogue and start approving data centers and mass warrantless surveillance.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 18d
They have drones that record from up high now
cy888@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17d
Drones have to come down for fuel. Used mainly when there is a suspected target, not for general surveillance
4am@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 17d
The they’ll learn that it’s expensive to hide them there, and they’ll have to leave a note about that to their successors when they get voted the FUCK out
garretble@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 18d
My city sadly just voted to renew a contract for another year.
No one wanted this shit, but it happened anyway.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 17d
For completely unrelated reasons, I just want to point out that it's two months until Halloween... I think a masked person with a bayonet saw is what's cool this year.
compuglobalhypermeganet@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 17d
I am so impressed with this solution. I've been shitting on the idea of Halloween for my whole life but I just changed my mind completely.
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 18d
You know what you have to do…
taco@anarchist.nexus · 9 pts · 17d
And it'll clearly work if you do enough of it, based on the OP.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 17d
They just stuck two up on Main Street in my city this past weekend, ballsy move as a half dozen nearby cities just terminated their contracts.
jontree255@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 17d
Make sure they don’t just switch to another vendor and when they do keep cutting those down.
plz1@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 17d
I think the Flock cameras are proprietary to their network, so the logistics of switching are that much harder. Love this type of news, either way.
Drusas@fedia.io · 12 pts · 18d
Good!
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 18d
Yay
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 18d
Cute. I don't believe it for a second.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 18d
Fuck their 'value'
mumblerfish@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18d
The privacy aspect is obviously terrible of flock cameras. But this situation if fucking hilarious: Puts up cameras to prevent crimes -- crimes instead removes the cameras. Wooow, really proving how effective they are at preventing crimes huh?! It's almost as the whole thing just demonstrates its all about the police having the power to stalk unknowing victims and not preventing crimes.
DragonAce@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 18d
Good!! Keep it up guys, they're slowly starting to get the message.
elevenbones@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 18d
But they're still keeping some value: cops can use the ones that still work to stalk women 👌
taco@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 17d
And keep up with sports.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 18d
Let's put the cunt Garrett Langley on the unemployment line.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17d
Smash them up!
melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 18d
Good
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 16d
What day is Halloween on?
Prox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
Fuck 'em