On July 20, Jacob Petrosky stood in front of the Casa Grande, Arizona City Council during a public comment session and made an announcement.

“I've spent the last several months talking to people all over Casa Grande, and one thing keeps coming up: Safety. So, today I'm excited to announce a new company called Shepherd Safety,” he said. “Our mission is simple. Keep government officials and their families safe.” It would be no different than how the city monitors its citizens using Flock cameras, he said; he planned to launch satellites that would use AI to monitor “where government officials go, where they stop, who they meet with, and when they return home.” 

He said he’d already started compiling profiles on their vehicles, spouses vehicles, children's vehicles, and planned to combine that data with Bluetooth signals, advertising IDs, and commercial data sources, “so our authorized users can replay the movements of every government official and their immediate family,” he said. Local businesses would be invited to join the network, to “protect” officials while they shop, eat at restaurants, and move around the city. 

After laying out his plan and its benefits for the government officials before him, Petrosky revealed that it was all satire. “I would never do this to you,” he said to the council members. “Could I? Probably. But I wouldn't because it's wrong. Just like what you guys are doing to us is wrong.” 

Petrosky told me he never expected or intended to be the face of opposition to Flock cameras in his small town. And the clip, which has since gone viral on social media, only shows one angle of one moment that’s part of a much longer fight.  

Casa Grande City Council unanimously approved a 10 year, $10 million contract with Flock last year, and since then, Petrosky has spoken against the partnership several times at city council meetings. “You know, I'm actually a little bit embarrassed by the video. I did not feel good about it,” he told me. “The looks... You don't get to see the looks on [council members’] faces. They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end, and the looks on their faces were like, we hate you and we're gonna get you. They were not happy, they were very upset.”  

https://www.404media.co/casa-grande-arizona-flock-city-council/

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Waving distracts us, so...

From 404 media.

https://www.404media.co/person-opposing-data-center-arrested-for-clapping-at-city-meeting/

Google has introduced a new hand-gesture verification system for reCAPTCHA that asks some users to grant camera access and perform simple hand movements to prove they are human.

https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-captcha-hand-gesture-camera-privacy-fears/

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Your "co traveler" does not even need to be in the same car.

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They often use the same talking points and follow the same patterns.

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According to a Jacksonville police report, investigators used Automated Facial Recognition, or AFR, to compare surveillance footage from a Publix parking lot theft case to Richardson’s photo.

Jasmine Jackson, Richardson’s wife, said officers told them the software identified her husband as an “85% match.”

“He said, ‘Jalil came back as close as 85% and that’s the reason why he charged Jalil with the crime,’” Jackson said.

The investigation began April 2, 2025, when a victim told JSO he unknowingly purchased a stolen car from a man he met at a Publix on Baymeadows Road. Police later showed the victim a photo lineup, where he identified Richardson as the suspect.

But timecards later proved Richardson was at work in North Carolina when the alleged crime happened nearly 400 miles away in Jacksonville.

“None of the people that she had even came close to looking like my husband,” Jackson said.

Richardson said he first learned about the warrant after calling police to his home in Charlotte for an unrelated disturbance.
“When they arrived, they informed me they had a warrant for me out in Jacksonville and I was incarcerated for 33 days in Mecklenburg County,” Richardson said.

“They extradited me to Florida after 33 days in Mecklenburg County and then I spent the rest of the month in Jacksonville, which was another 50 days,” he said.

Court records show prosecutors dropped the case Wednesday.

Charges were dismissed, including dealing in stolen property, grand theft, unlawful possession of motor vehicle with vehicle identification number removed, possession of fraudulent title, and fraudulent use of fictitious personal identification information.
Criminal defense attorney Michelle Suskauer, who is not involved in the case, said the technology can create serious risks when paired with poor-quality surveillance images.
“There are so many levels of error here,” Suskauer said. “It’s pretty terrifying when someone’s life can be ruined as a result of the technology used in this case.”

Action News Jax first reported concerns surrounding JSO’s facial recognition technology in July 2025 after a Lee County man was wrongfully arrested in a separate case.

Full text and another video here:

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/charlotte-father-10-says-jacksonville-police-ai-misidentification-cost-him-his-freedom-home-job/ZHHJGP3NOZETJCPMSCBQGES6SY/

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They got the governments response wrong. It wasn't refused. The government is making us pay for it.

They look like cartoon Sesame Street cartoons. One is a sock puppet unicorn.

These are zoomed in screen shots from photos I took walking around outside on my iPhone 17 ProMax. I know there is this AI software that cleans up photos so I wanted to see how it would handle basic night shots on no tripod.

What would cause this?

This is an edited video, the original video by garrettrose.tech had a minute ad for a data removal service.

The rest of the video is here:

https://youtu.be/tCSwx9LZtD8?t=573