Flock Safety CEO speaks out after LAPD suspends use of company's surveillance cameras
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/49828130
Flock Safety CEO speaks out after LAPD suspends use of company's surveillance cameras
Flock bills itself as a public safety technology company, using license plate reading cameras to help law enforcement investigate crimes and locate missing people. But critics see something else.Phillip Palmer (ABC7 Los Angeles)
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NateNate60
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in reply to NateNate60 • • •blueworld
in reply to fubarx • • •He's so full of shit:
"The technology is really simple," he told ABC7. "A car drives by, we take a picture. It's a static picture of a car, and then we read the license plate. That's what the technology is -- it's actually not that complicated, it's pretty simple."
When in fact these use AI to build what the company calls a "Vehicle Fingerprint" to identify each car by make, model, color, body type, and distinguishing features like bumper stickers, roof racks, dents, decals, and even objects in truck beds. They can track and identify vehicles even when license plates are missing, obscured, or swapped for an 6-12 frame interaction. Moreover it is a database of metadata allowing them to characterize personality, trends, habits, and patterns across 80,000 cameras in 49 states. That's just the plate readers.
They've grown to include 'first responder' drones, audio sensors, gunshot detection sensors, and full video surveillance in both the public and private sphere.
And worse is it's real-time cross-jurisdictional alerting, which has seen multiple false reports.
... Show more...He's so full of shit:
"The technology is really simple," he told ABC7. "A car drives by, we take a picture. It's a static picture of a car, and then we read the license plate. That's what the technology is -- it's actually not that complicated, it's pretty simple."
When in fact these use AI to build what the company calls a "Vehicle Fingerprint" to identify each car by make, model, color, body type, and distinguishing features like bumper stickers, roof racks, dents, decals, and even objects in truck beds. They can track and identify vehicles even when license plates are missing, obscured, or swapped for an 6-12 frame interaction. Moreover it is a database of metadata allowing them to characterize personality, trends, habits, and patterns across 80,000 cameras in 49 states. That's just the plate readers.
They've grown to include 'first responder' drones, audio sensors, gunshot detection sensors, and full video surveillance in both the public and private sphere.
And worse is it's real-time cross-jurisdictional alerting, which has seen multiple false reports.
So it's damn well not just a static picture of a car, but surveillance capitalism.
artyom
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in reply to fubarx • • •100% lying: 404media.co/flocks-ceo-says-it…
Flock's CEO Says its ALPRs Don't Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can
Jason Koebler (404 Media)melsaskca
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in reply to fubarx • • •LAPD suspending their contract gives me hope that this movement is strong enough.
Protesting, showing up to city council, and generally making officials' lives uncomfortable is the bare minimum, because it works.
Marshezezz
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