Post #3678605

2026-07-08 18:11 UTC

Wild story about how a small human error and a mid-sized AI error in LA compounded into a nationwide alert among police departments using Flock cameras. A car reviewer in Minnesota got caught up in it. https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-me-for-days-over-stolen-plates-and-sent-police-after-me #Flock

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@rationaldoge@hachyderm.io 2026-07-08 18:47

@kdawson@tldr.nettime.org Well, this was uncalled for— 'His parting words were ominous: “You’re lucky we’re in Plymouth. If you were in Minneapolis, they definitely would’ve come at you with guns drawn.”' Not saying it wouldn't happen. Saying I wonder how long we're expected to put up with this. Also, that car is way too expensive.

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@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online 2026-07-08 19:41

@kdawson@tldr.nettime.org @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Here in Minnesota; there are efforts to get the local governments to shut down the Flock cameras that the police departments have been putting up. Because of cases of misidentification like this, because of the cameras having enabled stalking (although the police departments claim that they do not), and because of the unwarranted mass surveillance. I am reminded to tell my member of the St. Paul city council to vote to shut them down: https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/st-paul-reopens-debate-on-use-of-flock-safety-cameras/

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