Hated AI company finds MIT killer
7 hours ago
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- Flock Safety's license plate-reading cameras helped locate the suspect in the Brown University shooting.
- The system operates without essential checks and balances, raising privacy concerns.
- Flock Safety works with nearly 100 police departments in Massachusetts and 250 in New England.
- Cameras identify vehicles by make, color, or decals, even without license plates.
- The technology does not capture pedestrians or sidewalks and requires cellular service.
- One camera can record 30,000 vehicles per day using solar and wireless infrastructure.
- The suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, killed two students and an MIT professor before taking his own life.
- Flock's database was crucial in tracking the suspect's rental car.
- Concerns include indiscriminate data collection and sharing with agencies like ICE.
- ACLU advocates for regulations on data retention and usage to protect civil rights.
- Flock argues that longer data retention periods are necessary for effective investigations.