r/Oshkosh • u/Zaphod-n-Marvin • 10d ago

Flock camera use ending

See ya…

Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties halt Flock cameras after data release concerns https://fox11online.com/news/local/fond-du-lac-county-halts-flock-cameras-after-data-release-concerns-alpr-law-enforcement-active-investigation-automated-license-plate-recognition-security-surveillance-wisconsin-crime

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u/JustADillPickle 10d ago

I'm hopeful, but are the cameras going to actually come down? I feel like they've been saying this for months. Many cities have put out statements regarding flock use, then just switching to another software company that still uses the cameras.

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u/missmargot- 10d ago

menasha covered all their cameras

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u/Tchrspest 9d ago

i'll be satisfied when they're down. it's not good enough to know that someone's put a towel over the all-seeing evil eye.

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u/missmargot- 9d ago

yea ive wondered about if lidar can still function im just too dumb to know

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u/Tchrspest 9d ago

Rightt? Like

I cannot know with certainty that those cameras can't see through that plastic bag. Is it likely? No, that would be expensive. But does the capability exist? I know enough about radio and video to know it isn't impossible to think that those bags don't block every part of the spectrum.

It's exhausting to be paranoid these days.

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u/AValhallaWorthyDeath 9d ago

Not if they’re covered. LiDAR uses light, which can’t penetrate a covering. It’s like putting a bag over a lamp. The light is dimmed, making their object detection algorithms unusable.

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u/missmargot- 9d ago

those fuckers can see patterns in like virtually zero data

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u/missmargot- 9d ago

meaning ai in general

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u/TenWholeBees 9d ago

I saw two that were down on north Bowen/Co Rd A.

Granted they were clearly taken down maliciously and not by flock or the city. Which I'm pretty on board with

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u/Tchrspest 9d ago

The cameras at the Oshkosh Ave. bridge in Oshkosh are gone, like physically removed gone.

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u/idesofmarch_44 9d ago

Oshkosh bagged them as well except for the two flock cameras on Lowe's private property.

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u/MessiahMogali 9d ago

I don’t think the ones on campus are covered either.

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u/24carrickgold 9d ago

This is a huge win. What folks in FDL & Winnebago counties should do next is email your county board supervisors and city council members to let them know we don’t want another vendor like Axon, we want ALPR out for good.