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The article itself is from August, but after seeing Flock cameras at a local Lowe's store that were missing from the DeFlock map, I thought it'd be worth bringing increased attention to such companies contributing to the propagation of Flock cameras. If there's a Home Depot or Lowe's near you that's not on the DeFlock map already, it might just not have been added yet.

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[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Of course the people with all the Hank Hills coming in are fucking snitches and Nazi symps

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

deflock.me

There's Flock cameras at two of the three entrances to the parking lot at my local home depot.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It's probably 3 of 3 but nobody's noticed the third one yet.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

They're pretty chonky. It's a decent sized box with solar panels on them. The ones shown on deflock.me are pretty noticeable, I've looked pretty hard around the 3rd entrance. There's a grocery store on that side and a few other smaller stores that share the parking lot.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I could be wrong, but I think any camera with an Internet connection could be a Flock camera. You don't need solar panels or "chonk" (i.e. batteries) if it's just hooked up to grid power.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

That's true, but both of the ones shown on deflock are chonky. I recently read that Ring doorbells are giving their data to Flock, probably other companies are too. So, we're fucked. That being said, all of the cameras made by Flock are chonky. I'm guessing they have some compute in the box to do some AI recognition onboard, probably a 5G antenna and a battery so they can function in a power outage.

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

Big business and law enforcement hand in hand like always.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago
[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

And Kroger. Also, hello fellow midwesterner!

[-] AlecSadler 4 points 4 days ago

Yup all the Lowe's and HDs near me have them. I've been debating hitting them with high powered lasers or paintball guns, but part of me is worried about being disappeared over it.

[-] winkledinkle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

So the use of ai is concerning, but the whole point of cameras in grocery stores is to hand to cops.

Bad headline is bad.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

Have you seen the other articles about the mentioned company? It's not just handing over the relevant footage when a crime occurs so that crime can be prosecuted, it's a nationwide surveillance network that gives them access to the location history of millions of people regardless of whether they've done anything wrong.

[-] winkledinkle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

You'll see where I still said it's concerning.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

??? This doesn't even make business sense. They're arresting their biggest customers/the labor all their contractors use

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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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