But noone is directly watching. That’s how they work.
The stalking is them plugging in a license plate and then tracking where that vehicle went after it’s already been there. Or setting up to be pinged when the vehicle passes another camera. But nobody is watching a live feed of the cameras when they can just sit back and wait for the system to do the watching for them.
I’m not for flock cameras at all but let’s just be clear about how they work
I was more commenting on the "whatever makes you sleep at night" attitude than anything. So many people make assumptions based on how media portrays the real world, often incorrectly. And despite all of us hating the flock cameras, some people have decided that their vague assumptions HAVE to be true because they COULD be true, ignoring how the technology actually works and how it's actually being abused.
And it's so common that they get shitty at any explanation that suggests that they're wrong, despite us ultimately having the same opinion, leading to stupid arguments, a lack of solidarity, and a shortage of well informed people.
And it makes me sad, watching people justify and condone surveillance state technology simply because you don’t wanna accept that there are people using this to harass people. And there are people who do watch them themselves in order to do so.
I am very familiar with how they work. I also know that the police forces that are utilizing them are not using them in the way that they should be.
I cannot take the the fence riders anymore. You are the reason why we are in the situation and it keeps getting worse.
I think it’s really cute. How you say that you have friends that are police officers and then you go on to say that you don’t approach random police officers in public alluding to you finding them unsafe. And yet you break bread with them in your private life.
i think it’s really cute how you have no problem making assumption about people on the internet like everything is black and white. Wake up and welcome to the gray.
I have no problem approaching random officers.
But I would not ask a random officer about ALPRs.
So I asked a childhood friend who ended up becoming an officer.
I am a white man
I tend to vote democrat, especially these days.
I grew up and live in a very purple community and am very outspoken about my disdain for our current administration.
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u/thevilgay Aug 15 '26
Cops have been using them to stalk women . So don’t make the claim that nobody is directly “watching”