NEWS: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Merkley Unveil Ban Flock Act to Protect Americans’ Right to Privacy » Senator Bernie Sanders
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today released the Ban Flock Act, legislation to put an end to the rise in AI-powered surveillance cameras that track Americans across the country. The Ban Flock Act would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers […]
  • MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    24 days ago

    Also Flock collects and catalogs a whole lot more than license plates. On cars it can of course identify the make and model but it’ll also catalog things like bumper stickers and custom rims for that car.

    For people it’ll assign and track your description better than a cop would. Race, clothes, hats…

    While I think that trying to do something is admirable, Bernie and AOC fall short on not understanding the complexity of the technology on this one

    • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      24 days ago

      On cars it can of course identify the make and model but it’ll also catalog things like bumper stickers and custom rims for that car.

      I think the bill covers that. It additionally states that it’s anything that “identifies, locates, and tracks a vehicle through the license plate or other persistent visual identifier of the vehicle”