Flock cameras are automated license plate readers. The company markets them as a way to help law enforcement, but many have criticized them over fears of unlawful surveillance.
“face recognition data points”
The camera generated more than 1 million images over several weeks, according to recovered logs.
House Ditching Capitol Hill Early Without Touching AI, Debt Or Mass Surveillance
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A 44-year-old New Mexico man filmed himself tearing down ten Flock Safety surveillance cameras worth $16,500, loaded them into his truck, and was arrested at gunpoint outside the very sheriff's office whose contracts with the camera company had just been canceled. Jevon Martinez of Rio Rancho spent September 2 dismantling automated license plate reader systems across Bernalillo County, broadcasting the whole operation on Facebook Live. He told viewers he was doing the sheriff's deputies a favor, removing equipment they no longer needed after the county sheriff ended the department's relationship with Flock Safety. Deputies saw it differently. They surrounded his pickup outside their own headquarters, drew their weapons, and put him in…Open
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‘state government tracking their every move’