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Surveillance Firm Pitching Facial Recognition for Flock Cameras
Original: Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company has told police departments it wants to add facial recognition capabilities to Flock Safety's camera network, aiming to 'close the gap' that Flock itself does not fill. The pitch raises privacy concerns, as Flock's license plate readers are already deployed widely across US communities, and critics warn the expansion would dramatically increase mass surveillance of ordinary people without their consent.
Why now: Privacy advocates and journalists are highlighting the growing merger of camera surveillance networks with facial recognition technology and its civil liberties implications.
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- Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras · 404 Media
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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