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"...The New York Times reported that Meta is considering adding face recognition technology to its smart glasses. According to an internal Meta document, the company may launch the product “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” ..."
NPR: Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
"...A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth.
At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer.
There were two problems. They didn’t have a charge, and he was the wrong man....."
NPR:"....“She's using the city's license plate readers not to combat a wave of armed robberies, but to track down the everyday movements of an everyday citizen who dared to write the Kansas City Star and express their opinion,” Rhodes said...."
#alpr #privacy #bigbrother #freespeech #licenseplatereaders #flock
NPR: "...“This is MYOC,” Laffey said.
In Lenexa police parlance, MYOC is shorthand for “make your own case.” With no arrest warrant for Ashworth, police were looking for any reason to stop him.
... Chief Schmitz described MYOC this way: “You need to build your own probable cause, your own reasonable suspicion. It's pretty much that, make your own case.”
Kubic, from the ACLU, is especially worried about that.
“The idea that you can essentially just make something up to throw against the wall and see if it sticks to be able to go after someone, is a really chilling and dangerous thing,” he said..."
NPR:"....“She's using the city's license plate readers not to combat a wave of armed robberies, but to track down the everyday movements of an everyday citizen who dared to write the Kansas City Star and express their opinion,” Rhodes said...."
#alpr #privacy #bigbrother #freespeech #licenseplatereaders #flock
NPR: Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
"...A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth.
At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer.
There were two problems. They didn’t have a charge, and he was the wrong man....."
NPR: "...“This is MYOC,” Laffey said.
In Lenexa police parlance, MYOC is shorthand for “make your own case.” With no arrest warrant for Ashworth, police were looking for any reason to stop him.
... Chief Schmitz described MYOC this way: “You need to build your own probable cause, your own reasonable suspicion. It's pretty much that, make your own case.”
Kubic, from the ACLU, is especially worried about that.
“The idea that you can essentially just make something up to throw against the wall and see if it sticks to be able to go after someone, is a really chilling and dangerous thing,” he said..."
NPR: Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
"...A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth.
At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer.
There were two problems. They didn’t have a charge, and he was the wrong man....."
404 Media: Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
404 Media: Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
Futurism:Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System
"Your Ring camera is an ICE agent."
Futurism:Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System
"Your Ring camera is an ICE agent."
404 Media: Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
