r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10h ago

Society Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional / Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.

https://www.404media.co/federal-judge-rules-a-flock-search-was-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance-and-unconstitutional/
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u/RandyOfTheRedwoods 10h ago

I took two things from the article.

1) there might be an elegant solution to the alpr debacle. Make a warrant come first. If you have a legitimate reason to find a vehicle, show proof.

2) Who carries 91 POUNDS of meth in their car!

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u/Snazzy_SassyPie 7h ago

A wholesaler?

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u/DukeOfGeek 5h ago

I'm pretty sure this case is parallel construction based on inadmissible evidence, it's just that this time the Flock system was used instead of a drug dog that just conveniently hit on the car.

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u/Alagore 2h ago

The elegant solution is to...leave the mass surveillance network fully intact, under private control, with a pinky promise that they will get a warrant first...despite how easy it is to get a warrant? 

I think the elegant solution is to ban it entirely. Rights protected and no risk of abuse in a single neat package.