San Francisco police suspend Flock camera network access following 'improper queries'

3 days ago by Lemmynated to c/technology

Yesterday, the San Francisco Police Department announced that they’re restricting outside access to data from Flock license plate reader cameras.
abcdqfr 28 points 3 days ago

Dystopian surveillance network was used in dystopian ways... Shocked_Pikachu.png

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baines 14 points 3 days ago

people should start suing the cities and states, feels like we have enough proof that it has to be violating something

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VitoRobles 11 points 2 days ago

There was that one cop that followed an innocent woman's path 100+ times. Real stalker shit.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 2 days ago

i mean i've personally seen sheriffs look up people who were dating family members (on publicly available databases like pacer. the same databases you and i have access to that they knew about since they are law enforcement, but odds are you have never heard about. i'm in there dozens of times as an expert witness, two or three times as a plaintiff, and once as a defendant in a speeding ticket. you're talking to a real criminal now) because they (correctly) assumed the niece was dating a gang member. i mean i was part of a roving gang of violent minstrels when i was younger and apparently my wife's family has a type. this dude played guitar and sold reeds out back the music shop. total bad influence. miss him.

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TheReturnOfPEB 10 points 3 days ago

Officers and staff have been instructed not to use such prompts as "all the big booties at Golden Gate Park" because FLOCK doesn't work like that.

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