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Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car’s location, date, and time. They also capture your car’s make, model, color, and identifying features such as dents, roof racks, and bumper stickers, often turning these into searchable data points. These cameras collect data on millions of vehicles—regardless of whether the driver is suspected of a crime. While these systems can be useful for tracking stolen cars or wanted individuals, they are mostly used to track the movements of innocent people.

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Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 week ago by Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works

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The article itself is from August, but after seeing Flock cameras at a local Lowe's store that were missing from the DeFlock map, I thought it'd be worth bringing increased attention to such companies contributing to the propagation of Flock cameras. If there's a Home Depot or Lowe's near you that's not on the DeFlock map already, it might just not have been added yet.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you seen the other articles about the mentioned company? It's not just handing over the relevant footage when a crime occurs so that crime can be prosecuted, it's a nationwide surveillance network that gives them access to the location history of millions of people regardless of whether they've done anything wrong.

[–] winkledinkle@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

You'll see where I still said it's concerning.