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Thanks to everyone who replied to my prior post on Flock cameras at the entrance to my work.

I worked some emails to my union asking if I could see any contract between our company and Flock. The request was forwarded to the union president who replied to say that the union doesnt have that information and that they follow corporate policy. He asked if there was a specifc concern that is to be investigated.

I planned to follow up with the lawsuits section of the consumer rights wiki page on Flock (sorry links not working on my end) and possibly the video by Ben Jordan, although, i am hesitant to include any sensationalized and entertainment focused content as evidence to white collar proffesionals. That wouldnt be very substantial. I am looking for discrete and well documented evidence that the Flock cameras are recording and serving out more than license plate information.

Does anyone have anything they can share?

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[โ€“] archchan@lemmy.ml 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They already scan every detail about the car other than the license plate (dents, scratches, color, bumper stickers, etc).

Patent US11416545B1 is for scanning humans.

Flock is insidious. Once the infrastructure is in place, all it takes is an update to turn them into something worse. Do some research, there's plenty of professional information and cases on the risks and "misuse" (working as intended) of these things. Good luck.

[โ€“] west2seven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thanks this will be included in my reply.

The patent does explicitly say the intent is facial recognition, which I highlited for them in the email.