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Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices (www.eff.org)
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Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adopt it: detection of “human distress” via audio. As part of their suite of technologies, Flock has been pushing Raven, their version of acoustic gunshot detection. These devices capture sounds in public places and use machine learning to try to identify gunshots and then alert police—but EFF has long warned that they are also high powered microphones parked above densely-populated city streets. Cities now have one more reason to follow the lead of many other municipalities and cancel their Flock contracts, before this new feature causes civil liberties harms to residents and headaches for cities.

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[–] DrWorm@piefed.social 38 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Find nodes near you and report any that are missing

https://deflock.me/

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I don't see any reports in my city, but there are reports in neighboring cities. Looks like I have some work to do!

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks for this, I'm pretty sure I've seen these in a few spots around my area but I don't see any on the map. I'll check next time I go out.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What would I look for to know where one would be?

[–] swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They have solar panels and once you know what to look for they’re quite apparent. Typically on every major route in/out of your town along the edge bordering adjacent towns.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Are they those ones with the flashing blue light? I see those a lot at dealerships, not sure if they're related.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

And if you see one, walk back and cut it down.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

They don't seem to be much of a thing in Ireland yet (unless people just aren't reporting them). There's 3 in Dublin, all of which are in an industrial park, and the rest (66 of them) are in Northern Ireland.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And DESTROY them. I've been mulling pulling up behind them on the interstate, parking, popping them off with a 12-gauge, rolling on with an obfuscated license plate. Pull over in a few miles, remove the magnet. Single shot through the engine block!

But most of you libs aren't armed, can't lift a shotgun, "I might get in trouble!" At what point do you actually fight back? This seems an easy point of entry?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why a shotgun? This sounds incredibly dangerous for whatever is down range.

If you want to deface these, why not climb up there or throw rocks?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

What do you think he is, some kind of LIB??

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Look at you, feeling all hard, because you THOUGHT ABOUT committing vandalism. GTFO with your bait.