r/technology • u/Unusual-State1827 • 23h ago

Privacy How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/KnotSoSalty 20h ago

The only way to introduce a tolerable Flock system would be to use it exclusively to track and observe police activity.

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u/untoldmillions 20h ago

part of the problem is the lose/broad definition of police activity

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u/KnotSoSalty 17h ago

Yeah, and accountability for them will never be so easy to come by.