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Police Used Flock Cameras To Track One Driver Over 500 Times. Now They're Being Sued - Jalopnik (www.jalopnik.com)

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[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

I'm so glad this is slowly getting more solid traction. For more viewing and reading pleasures on the topic,

Videos:

Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras - Benn Jordan

Breaks down the technology and deployment of the systems. Builds his own and shows strategies to beat the analysis of your data.

Austin City Council is playing games & I've had enough. - Louis Rossmann

Liveview's facial recognition discussed in person with sales director.

Citizens address Austin Mayor on AI Surveillence cameras; AS EXPECTED on September 25th part 1

Louis Rossmann attempted to address the surveillance systems in his local town, couple of other videos on his channel showing the hurdles and bureaucracy that's making it harder to address these situations.

Everyone Should Ask Their City Council About This... - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

Another video detailing ALRP's (automatic license plate readers/flock safety systems) and their uses in local and interstate areas

EFF Members' Speakeasy: Police Surveillance and ALPR - The Electronic Frontier Foundation

Articles:

Data Driven: What Is ALPR? - The Electronic Frontier Foundation

Lots of articles listed in here, one of the major groups trying to spread information on these programs.