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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Here's a map showing the locations of this corporation's existing readers: DeFlock.me

It's operated by a group of privacy advocates and educators to spread awareness. Flock tried to use a bogus trademark claim to interfere with the project.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

the Flock employee described the sorts of information the company will supplement ALPR data with. The first is data breaches.

That illegal obtained data, so illegal to use. They just admit to crime?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A funny loophole. The person who stole the data did a crime.

Now that the data is public then it is free game because it is public information.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows XP sourcecode leaked 2020. Wine not touch it because illegal.

Same on nvidia leak by lapsus$.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because the source code is copyrighted, the fact that userA has an email address [email protected] isn't copyrighted and so companies can ingest that data into their databases.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We desperately need a law against the third party doctrine loophole for the 4th amendment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We needed that when Snowden leaked, now the political will is gone and the average person just accepts it because they get free services in exchange for letting advertising companies and law enforcement live in their pocket.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t think anyone accepts it. But nothing will be done about it until the capitalists are removed from power.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hasn't that already been a thing for a long time now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes. Each state already has this data.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but private enterprise didn't. And if commercial, Leo can buy it without a warrant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Private enterprises can just buy the data from the state in most places.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Death to alprs

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the Peter Thiel world. Trump will die in his sleep of old age and one too many chicken nuggets, and Thiel’s puppet, Vance, will take over.

At which point all privacy will be off the table.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Peter is a danger to all of humanity.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

All my commie friends should stop calling me a sovereign citizen wanna be for rolling without a plate now right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

A tragical traffical tragedy. Flock off!