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License plate reader searches should require a warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: alpr, police departments, mass surveillance

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McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Reece Rogers | tags: mcdonald’s, loyalty program, privacy rights

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Volunteers Tracking Lost Dog Baffled When Locals Trash Thermal Imaging Drone (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: drone, drones, group

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This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: camera, cameras, detection

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Everything you do is being recorded (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Ross Andersen | tags: algorithms, noise, recorded

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The Real Victims of the AI Surveillance Panopticon? Crime Fiction Writers (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Frank Landymore | tags: cameras, crime, flock

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During a Day of Rancor, Senators Find Common Ground: No One Likes Surveillance Pricing (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai surveillance, americans, americans hate

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Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Daniel Sims | tags: license plate readers, flock cameras, police surveillance

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DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: duckduckgo, meta, knockaround

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Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Frank Landymore | tags: flock, surveillance cameras, ai-powered cameras

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Flock’s AI Cameras May Have Misread Over 70% of License Plates, Creating New Headaches for Cities (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: flock safety, ai cameras, license plates

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DuckDuckGo anti-AI glasses offer zero cameras and notifications (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-03 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: duckduckgo, paso robles, knockaround

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The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Caroline Haskins | tags: flock cameras, axon, license plate readers

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Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: flock safety, license plate reader, police surveillance

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Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | by Posted | tags: flock, license-plate readers, have i been flocked

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Police in the US are making their own true crime podcasts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Sheila Flynn | tags: police, true crime podcasts, surveillance footage

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One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time (techspot.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Sims | tags: flock, license plate cameras, machine learning

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Flock’s Surveillance Cameras May Finally Have a Weak Point: The Poles Holding Them Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: flock, surveillance cameras, license plate readers

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Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign (futurism.com)

2026-07-30 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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San Francisco: Don't Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Matthew Guariglia | tags: surveillance pricing, eff, san francisco

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Deflock Casa Grande (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: city hall, camera system, police monitoring

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Show HN: CheapSecurity – Lightweight, Self-Hosted CCTV for Linux SBCs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: cheapsecurity, linux sbc, usb webcams

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MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: mit, surveillance cameras, ai-rgus

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AI surveillance is destroying the workplace (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: ai surveillance, keystroke monitoring, slack analysis

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New Jersey Bans Surveillance Pricing, Puts the Brakes on Electronic Shelf Labels (cnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: new jersey, surveillance pricing, electronic shelf labels

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Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses (theverge.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mia Sato | tags: meta, smart glasses, instagram

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This Searchable Tool Is Helping Track Flock Surveillance Cameras in Your City (cnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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Flock Cameras Are Disappearing in Plain Sight (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: flock cameras, surveillance, herpes

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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark (wired.com)

2026-07-23 | by Noah Shachtman | tags: face-recognition, madison square garden, surveillance cameras

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Flock Is in Serious Trouble After Massive Backlash (futurism.com)

2026-07-22 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, alpr, axon