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Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car’s location, date, and time. They also capture your car’s make, model, color, and identifying features such as dents, roof racks, and bumper stickers, often turning these into searchable data points. These cameras collect data on millions of vehicles—regardless of whether the driver is suspected of a crime. While these systems can be useful for tracking stolen cars or wanted individuals, they are mostly used to track the movements of innocent people.

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Cities are Replacing Flock with Axon / Motorola for their Mass Surveillance Network (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

submitted 2 months ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works

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Flock Safety became the protested brand. Axon Enterprise now sells Outpost and Lightpost readers that livestream and feed Axon Fusus; Fleet cameras scan plates from patrol cars. Motorola Solutions bought VaaS for $445 million in 2019 and kept Vigilant Solutions and Digital Recognition Network. The vendor changes, the mass surveillance network remains.

Cameras are not the only issue with surveillance systems like these. These devices can also log Audio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and RFID and other signals your devices broadcast. Then they fuse data collected without warrants with commercial data-broker records and "AI", to create a comprehensive database of everyone surveiled, who everyone is, what that are doing, and what they "will do".

These are not just cameras or license plate readers, this is a surveillance network. It's a violation of privacy and the 4th amendment, and we should not let this happen.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh, if you are actually in your car, I'd give up any expectation of anonymonity. Just in case you're out walking. Also make sure to park a few blocks away at least from your destination if you're doing anything interesting.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I've heard that utilizing quick dry spray paint on a cheap bike, and a small outfit change is fairly good camouflage for people. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but these surveillance cameras don't have facial recognition, right?

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The images can surely be sent somewheree that does facial recognition. What you want in that case is sunglasses that block IR. IPD--interpupillary distance--is a key number in facial recognition.

though at this point, it's probably all a lost cause.

you can probably have very limited comms anonymously at best these days, but the best you can hope for outside of that is not making it too easy.

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