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0 pointspixl9717d ago0 comments

So they can't show it to the police in the US?

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OutOfHere17d ago· 4 in thread

Every police officer with access to the system must ideally have to undergo mandatory annual training and testing in using it to protect the rights of innocents. If they don't pass the testing, they ideally should not be granted access.

Flock should be held accountable for ensuring adequate protections exist to prevent misuse.

pixl97OP17d ago

It's kinda funny that all our personal data leaks out of companies all the time and little to nothing happens to them, and now you're thinking Flock is going to be held accountable?!

We should have laws against collecting this in the first place.

OutOfHere16d ago

What do you mean nothing happens to them?:

https://news.google.com/search?q=location%20data%20lawsuit%2...

pksebben17d ago

It's not a training problem, it's an incentive problem. You put these guys in a structure that requires them to justify their jobs at minimal cost of effort and then ooh ack surprise when they don't take the proper care to ensure that they're not stepping on innocent people in the pursuit of a healthy career.

Couple that with overburdening them with petty nonsense all the time and training them in military equipment and tactics and like it doesn't matter what tools you give them, those tools will be abused at convenience.

The issue is structural, not technical, but power tools = more damage per capita.

OutOfHere17d ago

It's not a dichotomy. "Checks and balances" are a thing since the founding of the United States. If the local government fails to institute them, it should be the complementary responsibility of the vendor to have them. In their absence, lawsuits targeting all parties are highly desirable.

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