Post #3890995

2026-07-17 17:50 UTC

Sometimes the good guys win. And when this happens, we take the time to enjoy our victory because that is the only way to fight a long fight without burning out. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices

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@camless@m.ai6yr.org 2026-07-17 21:22

@evacide@hachyderm.io I am wondering how Flock et al get around some of those state laws that ban third party recordings?

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@ClickyMcTicker@hachyderm.io 2026-07-17 18:20

@evacide@hachyderm.io Flock really posted a “wElL aCkShUlLy” response to the EFF claims and spent the entire article explaining how they use loopholes and the letter of the law to bypass civil liberties and the spirit of the law. We need to keep pushing legislation to ban their surveillance model and rallying our local governments to terminate contracts. Edit: This is a fantastic step towards curtailing their overreach. I’m excited for more victories ahead.

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@ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social 2026-07-17 18:05

@evacide@hachyderm.io only proven to be shutdown when microphones are visibly removed

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@JamesMDonohoe@sfba.social 2026-07-17 18:31

@evacide@hachyderm.io Another small win, I might be behind in my reading though.. "The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced it will let its surveillance contract with automated license plate reader company (ALPR) Flock expire" https://www.404media.co/lapd-regularly-pulled-over-innocent-people-because-license-plate-readers-flagged-their-cars-as-stolen/

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