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- upliftingnews@lemmy.world
The Los Angeles Police Department is ending its agreement with Flock Safety, a company that operates surveillance cameras throughout the city.
LAPD announced that it will allow its agreement with the company to expire Saturday, ending the department’s three-year relationship with the security firm - at least for now.
Flock cameras capture images of vehicles and license plates on roadways. LAPD says the cameras can help track down suspects involved in crimes.
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Please be aware that unless they physically remove the cameras, ending the agreement only removes local cop access to the data. Unless they physically remove the cameras, the cameras are still operating, tracking everyone, and violating everyone’s rights. Don’t settle for anything less than actual physical removal of the cameras.
It seems to me that there would have to be some land use agreement for the space the cameras occupy. Going after those might not be w bad call. They’re frequently in public parkways, so I would imagine that a city that is divesting from them might physically kick them off their land when brought to their attention.
Even if you have to do it yourself.
Someone told me they are full of copper, cocaine and jellybeans 🤷♀️
This is the first I’m hearing of jelly beans and suddenly I have a sawsall in my hand.
And that info is being sent to DHS and every private data broker that can pay
Oh, they’ll be physically removed alright.
Why is ABC trying to keep Flock’s name out of the headline?
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company.
This is only to replace it with Palintir. Which makes this much, much worse.
Oligarchs competing over who gets to take away our privacy - very dystopian.