ACLU und EFF verklagen eine Stadt voller Überwachungskameras: „Die meisten Fahrer wissen nicht, dass die Polizei von San Jose ihre Standorte verfolgt, und wissen nicht alles, was ihre gespeicherten Standortdaten über ihr Privatleben und ihre Aktivitäten verraten können.“
https://www.404media.co/aclu-and-eff-sue-a-city-blanketed-with-flock-surveillance-cameras/
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They are concentrated around lowes and home depots where im at
All they could deduce from me is that 98% of my travels are between my home and grocery store. The other 2% would be Doctor appointments and shopping at a different store for non-grocery things.
The ACLU and EFF are a drop of water as a defense against the ocean tide of the surveillance state. „Active policing“ has been going on for over a decade. The main problem is there is too much money in it for cities and tech corps to ignore.
I don’t know what the answer is but it isn’t going to come from the techno bros and government officials because they can just say, „It’s for safety“ and the masses will just lap it up.
Oh, hey, ACLU! I thought you had just moved on to culture war stuff.
Please fucking win. Flock is a massive privacy violation.
http://www.deflock.me
Don’t really know much about them, except for someone I know who mentioned that metro Atlanta where I live is one of the most heavily surveilled places on earth mostly due to flock cameras. He also said Flock is a private corporation that gathers unlimited data and sells it to governments when it is requested.
Saw a youtube video where a guy got busted for drugs cause he told the cop he went to another state (nebraska i think?) and straight back but the flock cameras had him in Nevada which made the cop think he actually went to California for a drug run.
Look what the Brits did to a similar surveillance system in London or to speed cameras all over. Cordless saws are going to be very popular.🤔
Recently a town decided that Flock was too invasive so they discontinued the contract. Flock left the cameras and warned the city that removing them would have legal consequences. So the cameras are still there and active. Flock’s position is that their cameras are covered by the same legal protections that people filming in public is covered. They’re right from a legal perspective, sadly. Or at least there is no current law or legal precedent that bars them from doing so in most places. Right now they apparently can sell their services to almost anyone: law enforcement, HOA’s, retail establishments, security companies, law firms, stalkers, jealous ex’s, etc.
For now, any concerned person can visit [http://www.deflock.me/](http://www.deflock.me/) to see where mass surveillance cameras are across America so that you can be aware. If you want to join the resistance you can download the deflock app and upload camera locations in order to keep deflock updated. You can also file FOIA requests to see what various agencies are using mass surveillance and the locations of cameras in your state, county, city, etc.
This is an ongoing struggle, so much like Flock themselves. we have to maintain constant vigilance. New mass surveillance systems are being rolled out across the country.