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Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They're not just cameras. They also log nearby mobile devices. They've gone from a few hundred nationwide to over 100,000 in like 2 years.

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[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Uber is going to start implementing the same thing, so mobile Flock that you wouldn't be able to take down.

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[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Someone could deploy devices that clone signals they hear and replay them at random to poison all the data. But they definitely should not do that.

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