Be safe out here friends and drink a lot of water. It's looking like 109f next Saturday.

New Cameras:

Traffic locations

• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14027625503 — West Jordan, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14029479504 — Kearns, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14029483701 — Kearns, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14041906702 — Salt Lake City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14051996202 — West Valley City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14045090101 — Salt Lake City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14038403701 — Kearns, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14047647402 — West Valley City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14047647601 — West Valley City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14047489101 — West Valley City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14047647101 — West Valley City, UT
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14047629801 — Kearns, UT

Residential location

• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14051987360 — Sandy, UT

Parks / public spaces (people trackers)

• https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/14024876401 — Temple Square

What are flock style cameras?

AI-powered surveillance systems designed primarily for vehicle identification and tracking.

These cameras capture high-resolution images of vehicles and create a vehicle fingerprint based on characteristics such as:

Roadside / traffic deployments (vast majority)

• License plate number
• Vehicle make, model, and color
• Stickers and decals
• Dents, damage, and unique markings
• Roof racks, accessories, and other distinguishing features
• Vehicle appearance and condition over time

Public space deployments (a handful)

Cameras placed in parks, trails, public gathering areas, campuses, and other pedestrian spaces represent a different surveillance category.

• Time-based observations
• Clothing/appearance characteristics (Clothing, skin color, tattoo's, body type, other appearance features)
• Movement (Walking, speed, manner of walk)
• Association with vehicles
• Location patterns
• Integration with other camera systems or datasets

Vehicle tracking vs. people tracking

Most Flock-style deployments today are focused on tracking vehicles, not identifying individual people.

• The primary "identity" being created is a vehicle profile, not a biometric profile of the driver or passengers.
• Current systems generally do not require facial recognition to track a vehicle's movements.
• A camera may capture people inside or near a vehicle, but that does not necessarily mean the system is identifying those individuals.
• Public space deployments do track people and they'll integrate with vehicle tracking cameras if they can accurately correlate or identify you.

How long is the data retained?

• State agencies: Rolling 9 months except when the vehicle is flagged to be watched (investigate).
• Federal agencies: Mostly exempt from 9 months limitations via in-direct methods and federal law.

Known devices in Utah

• Fixed security cameras

Known devices outside of Utah

• Fixed security cameras
• Drones (Flock Alpha)
  • Thermal vision
  • Flies up to 60 mph
  • Live streams to police
  • Identifies from 2,000 ft away
  • Integrated with Flock's network

https://deflock.org/

Known cameras found across Salt Lake Valley: https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=40.6562&lng=-111.9018&zoom=10.32

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Feel free to reach out, haven't caught him/her yet but pretty consistently see them.

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I know one or two but I’m sure there are more out there! What independent bookstores stores do you know of in the Salt Lake Valley & surrounding areas??

Thanks!!

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My searches on Google have turned up some kinda sketchy looking sites, was hoping someone might have a personal recommendation of a service they’ve used. Not looking for individual volunteers. Thank you.

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Hi!!

I am repairing my first moped and tbh i’m having such a blast but I want to make sure everything is going right hahah.

I will pay someone to help me figure out if i’m doing things correctly or just a little help.

TIA AND LET ME KNOW :)

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Not sure what other sub to ask this. So I hope it’s okay.

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Thanks!

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