Flock said it has "paused all federal pilots" after police departments said they didn't realize they were sharing access with Customs and Border Patrol.
sunzu2
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What’s the back ground on theee cameras?

Disnt they cause soem controversy last year?

They’re advertised to the public as “license plate readers” but can do way more than that. Fingerprinting cars based on bumper stickers, colors, dents, scratches, etc.

And if the ability to do all of that is baked into these cameras, it would be trivial to do the same for humans.

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Seems like they’re pissed because they didn’t get their cut of federal funding

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