City shuts down police license plate cameras after judge makes footage public
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After a court ruled license plate reader footage is public record, one city turned off its entire camera network as lawmakers debate limits nationwide.
  • SalamenceFury@piefed.socialEnglish
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    20 days ago

    So they threw a tantrum because they didn’t want people to look at how their privacy was getting violated?

    lol lmao skill issue tbh

  • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Note the cameras are turned off for now. Washington legislators are now trying to get a law passed allowing Flock an exemption from having to share the data they record with the public. Once that law has been passed, cameras will be turned back on and people will continue to be surveilled without being allowed to access the footage.

    • Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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      20 days ago

      You only have to be surveilled if you allow the cameras to survive.

      There are open source projects to scan for and find nearby Flock cameras, that work much like wardriving, and disabling them is pretty easy once they’ve been identified. You won’t hear about it much in the corporate news, but instances of the cameras being disabled has risen in the past few months, for obvious reasons.