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Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 day ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.

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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

By next year there will be cities in which drones are dispatched to disperse any crowd of 5 or more people, anywhere the AI sees them.

[–] alakey@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago

It is unironically illegal to stand around with more than 2 people outside in russia, which maga is so adamant to follow the example of, so you are not far off.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Completely unrelated:

You can buy lasers on Temu that you should absolutely not point at a camera because it will burn it out almost immediately.

Some are especially dangerous, because they include "spread caps" that make it a bunch of dots or a design meaning you could easily accidentally put out the cameras in Flock towers or drones with a passing flash.

Because even if it's AI, it needs to see where it's flying.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could you link one, please?

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIj59ym

Just be careful with other peoples eyes, dont even look at the dot, lasers are really bad toys

[–] northertech@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would actually suggest against pointing a class 3 laser above the horizon. I have tried to figure out how far one would be at full illumination and I had no way of measuring over 2km. Any pilot can see one from like a 10 km radius of the beam.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It 100% is dangerous.

But...

By next year there will be cities in which drones are dispatched to disperse any crowd of 5 or more people, anywhere the AI sees them.

Acceptable levels of danger depends on the situation.

Statistically speaking you're more likely to be shot if you own a gun. I'd still recommend Americans have at least a gun these days.

That's not the same as saying go drive around busting caps like it's 2016 again. Just like pointing out the cheapness of those lasers and what they do to surveillance and drones isn't telling people to buy one today and a month later when it shows up use it like a searchlight on premier night.

Things happen fast these days, if people are legitimately concerned about widespread use of government surveillance drones...

$50 can buy some peace of mind.

[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, youre saying someone could be out of visual range of a camera and still take it down? Thats horrible!

[–] northertech@fedia.io 2 points 17 hours ago

I am saying class 3 lasers are not toys, they are kind of dangerous.

[–] jrTug_2T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And by the following year, top hats housing hidden EMP cannons will be all the rage.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Finally! A use for all these gears and gauges!

[–] jrTug_2T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago