China was the testbed. All of them are doing the same thing
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The other day, I saw the first Waymo van in Sacramento.
If I saw the Waymo van, then it saw me, and Waymo infamously shares all its scanning data with law enforcement.
I wasn't doing anything illegal, but that doesn't really matter in the states. Crime here is not about what you did, but who you are. And it's becoming also about what you think.
bout what you think.
Thoughtcrime you say?
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The problem is that state agents can use surveillance tech or surveillance services with no regulatory review on how this technology interacts with the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, what is specifically supposed to protect Americans from this sort of stuff.
This is partly due to the presumption of regularity, the assumption by courts that law enforcement follows rules, even when we know they historically do not. (And DHS is even worse).
It's a separate problem that private companies can also buy this data. They shouldn't have the right to surveil Americans for private purposes any more than the state does.
Also be aware that some districts that are ending their contracts with Flock Safety are quietly switching over to other ALPR services such as Axon. Don't let your district get away with it.
Ah yes the old X>Y argument when in reality X<Y but is moving towards it. It's so effective at driving voter apathy.