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How Rogue Officers Turned a Nationwide Camera Network Into a Tool for Stalking (www.rsn.org)

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1304793/how-rogue-officers-turned-a-nationwide-camera-network-into-a-tool-for-stalking

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Everything new tech that comes along can be used for bad, and you can absolutely count on bad people figuring out how to use it.

It is totally predictable, and it's up to the rest of us to figure it out, too, and make sure those people get stopped early. But that's not what happens. Those at the top don't want anything slowing down their tech, so they are fine with it being used for corruption, as long as nothing slows them down.