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Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 5 months ago

How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

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Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 5 months ago
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Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. In some cases, law enforcement specifically targeted known activist groups, demonstrating how mass surveillance technology increasingly threatens our freedom to demonstrate.
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    Oh no! Who would’ve guessed…

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