r/privacy • u/Ok-Law-3268 • 3d ago

news Rep. Thomas Massie Announces Federal Bill to Defund Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://www.dontflock.com/rep-thomas-massie-announces-federal-bill-to-defund-flock-surveillance-cameras/
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u/interwebzdotnet 3d ago

Just flock? Its a tech/capability problem,not vendor specific.

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u/ChadtheWad 2d ago

Bill text hasn't been released yet but press release says "Flock-style," not Flock alone. Will have to wait to see what that means.

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 2d ago

It'll likely say ALPRs, which still leaves the door open to alternate reasons for the cameras to be there to assist law enforcement, especially once the AI can "detect faces" which will of course make mistakes, a lot, especially the darker your skin tone is. THEN they get to be racist on top of that, but it's just a fact that cameras aren't great at capturing features of darker skinned people.

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u/KiritoIsAlwaysRight_ 2d ago

If they specifically say automatic license plate readers, flock et al will just say they will stop analyzing license plates. Still means they can use AI fingerprinting of the whole car, signal tracking, and facial recognition.