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Flock Safety CEO speaks out after LAPD suspends use of company's surveillance cameras (abc7.com)

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[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 12 points 23 hours ago

"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."

100% lying: https://www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-says-its-alprs-dont-do-video-after-repeatedly-announcing-they-can/