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Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime (timesofsandiego.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] sulfidedisburseangledafternoontipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Police are pretty universally careless. Any technology provided to them will be used carelessly. Because of this, ALPRs are defective by design, which is very much a technology problem.

[โ€“] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. And a cop loves plausible deniability. "The software said this was the guy."