So much for the vaunted ‘accuracy’…
The controversy surrounding Flock cameras primarily centers on privacy and fears of a surveillance state. However, the cloud-based license-plate-reading system’s accuracy and effectiveness have also drawn scrutiny. In one particularly egregious case, an internal review uncovered more than 1,000 false positives over two years.
Police in Roseville, California, found that, out of 1,427 incidents in which the town’s AI-powered license-plate cameras flagged a vehicle as stolen or used in a felony, the cameras misread the plate in 71% of cases.
Full article, HERE from Techspot. h/t Stretch
Any time there is a ‘system’ like this, the potential for misuse is readily available, especially by those with full access. A number of officers have been caught and fired for using the system to cyber stalk exes, and others…
We’ve talked about this, among other things and the fact that Flock has this ‘gigantic’ nationwide database using AI to ‘flag’ people/cars/etc.
Except the error rates are ‘high’ to put it mildly. It’s pretty bad when LAPD is dumping them…
Yes, we have them locally, but strangely enough, I have not been able to find out ‘who’ is actually monitoring the two I found close to our little local burg. The SO claims they don’t monitor them…
VERY interesting…
But, having said that, remember, if you are on public property, you have no expectation of privacy…
Sigh…
Here is a very good article about false dichotomy choice.
A useful tactic that works well in lots of situations is when you want someone to do something that they don’t really want to do, you offer them two choices: what you want them to do and something even worse, thus giving them the illusion of choice.
The false either/or choice is: Either let the criminals run wild and free; or submit to
mass-surveillance (flock) to catch them.
Not having mass-surveillance and just enforcing the current laws are never mentioned.
Youcan buy (for cash, of course) a decent cordless sawzall for less than $60 at Harbor Freight. Battry and charger included. Blades are pretty cheap as well.
Those poles holding the cameras are not all that thick of material. Probably cut in less than 60 seconds.
Just sayin’.