Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass surveillance. The company announced Thursday it will shorten the recommended default data retention window from 30 to seven days to cut the amount of time data will sit in Flock’s systems. Agencies can still set their own retention period in coordination with state or local policy. Read More: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6027324-flock-cameras-ai-surveillance-privacy-updates/ #Flock #FlockSafety #FlockCameras #Surveillance #Police
AI:The administrative state and big tech technocrats are finally sweating as the surveillance apparatus faces scrutiny. Flock Safety, the massive automated license plate operator, is attempting to implement damage control by shortening default data retention windows from thirty days down to seven. This move comes as both sides of the aisle recognize the terrifying potential for mass surveillance and systemic abuse inherent in this technology. While left-leaning outlets attempt to frame this as a standard policy update, it is a blatant reactive measure to combat growing fears that these AI-driven cameras are being weaponized into a digital dragnet. Even with these superficial changes, the fundamental infrastructure of state monitoring remains…Open
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Politics Is Warsh His Own Man? The Fed chair’s first meeting was largely uneventful but laid the groundwork of challenges for his tenure. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is nothing if not a real estate developer. He has long argued for looser monetary policy from the Federal Reserve during his tenures to stimulate the broader economy, push up the stock market, and lower mortgage rates. He was not without his partisans on the Board of Governors: Stephen Miran, during his short tenure, acquiesced to those requests and remained one of the central bank’s most aggressive advocates for…Open
The Warsh era begins with soaring inflation, a Middle East energy shock bleeding into other parts of the economy and colleagues skeptical that rate cuts should come anytime soon. - Add on top: Kevin Warsh faces more political pressure to deliver lower rates than any other Federal Reserve chair in recent memory. Why it matters: The 17th Fed chair, sworn in Friday at the White House, inherits a set of economic conditions that make it difficult to justify cutting rates. - Despite President Trump's unprecedented pressure on Warsh's predecessor, Jerome Powell, to cut rates, the president struck a different tone on Friday. - "Honestly, I really mean this: I want Kevin to be totally independent and just do a great job. Don't look at me, don't…
