It uses machine learning algorithms to identify vehicles independently of the license plate. Leaked documentation has also shown they operate facial recognition tech, in direct contradiction to the lies they tell the public. Flock is fundamentally an evil company, delivering the infrastructure for totalitarian rule, wrapped in the alluring false promise of eliminating crime. They know exactly what they are doing, which is why they are so heartily embraced by fascists in government, from the top all the way down.

Yes, ALPR is a term used for the purpose of public relations. It does not accurately describe the technology.

Generally the ones putting them in are on the side of the system that gets a free pass wherever they go. And the majority of the public that allows it to happen fall for the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" fallacy.

Fascist/authoritarian scum the world over are TERRIFIED of the concept of regular human beings having the ability to communicate with each other without being censored, coerced, and surveilled. This is a nightmare scenario for them: people speaking freely

This isn't a backdoor, the bureau says.

"It isn't a backdoor because we aren't calling it one. We named the backdoor Lawful Access, so it's that, not a backdoor."

The word "antisemitic" is being misused in a disgusting way here. The victims of the Israeli genocide are also a Semitic people.

They probably will. They're aware of and actively foster the "in-group" psychology that plays out in youth social circles. Anyone with a non-Apple phone is excluded as lower class, weird, or less-than. You don't get included in the group chats that are often the center of your peers' social lives because no one wants the annoyance of dealing with the limitations of conversing with a green bubble. You must conform, purchase the correct products, and sign over your life to the correct social media platforms if you want to participate in society.

Yep! The police, being fascists, HATE this.

LOL I always knew that creepy Life360 shit would come back to bite people in the ass eventually.

Title gore. What is this headline trying to communicate?

I save each of these videos. They will try to disappear all evidence later.

These monsters must pay. I have faith that we will come out the other side of this somehow. And there will be HELL to pay. The GOP fascists who applauded their cult leader's promises of "retribution" have yet to learn the meaning of that word. And they will be educated in spectacular fashion.

Couldn't possibly agree more. One of the biggest barriers to sharing my enthusiasm for Linux with my friends is filtering out all of the cringey anime weeb shit that somehow gets posted along with it. Why does open source software need to be associated with creepy drawings of little girls? Absolutely the worst vibes.

You mean icelist.is? It's pretty easy to remember. It's also pretty easy to just print it out on a ton of little business cards and just start leaving them in public places. Putting them in library books. On the tables in waiting rooms. In fact, I'll bet it's pretty easy to spray paint on just about any surface...

The solution is to stop putting your data on other people's computers. You can't control other people's computers. Apple does not care about you any more than any other trillion dollar corpo. Take back control.

I have no respect for the 'nothing to hide, nothing to fear' argument, and I will not be engaging with it. You can simply Google why this is drastically wrong. It's not worth my energy to explain it.

War crimes don't matter anymore. Russia does them, Israel does them, the US does them. There is no justice.

Fake: anon has a wife

Gay: Via transitive property. Anon's wife hears voices - anon presumably has sex with wife - one or more of the voices in her head is likely a male voice - anon is gay

$900 is a lot of money to me now in 2026, but probably just because I'm a filthy poor.

Don't you love how Saudi Arabia, the country who was very obviously behind 9/11, hasn't suffered a single negative consequence as a result of their actions? They literally got away with 9/11. And then the US invaded some unrelated countries. Mind blowing.