Sometimes the good guys win. And when this happens, we take the time to enjoy our victory because that is the only way to fight a long fight without burning out. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices
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@evacide Pity they're still spying on kids: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/flock-safety-employees-watched-kids-181539475.html
@evacide I am wondering how Flock et al get around some of those state laws that ban third party recordings?
@evacide this was quite a dystopic dream which thankfully won't be our lived reality. what is "distress"? sending killer cops? wtf? things could be worse, not much
@evacide Another small win, I might be behind in my reading though..
"The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced it will let its surveillance contract with automated license plate reader company (ALPR) Flock expire"
https://www.404media.co/lapd-regularly-pulled-over-innocent-people-because-license-plate-readers-flagged-their-cars-as-stolen/
@evacide Flock really posted a “wElL aCkShUlLy” response to the EFF claims and spent the entire article explaining how they use loopholes and the letter of the law to bypass civil liberties and the spirit of the law. We need to keep pushing legislation to ban their surveillance model and rallying our local governments to terminate contracts.
Edit: This is a fantastic step towards curtailing their overreach. I’m excited for more victories ahead.
@evacide only proven to be shutdown when microphones are visibly removed
@ChrisHolladay Please take a moment to consider whether or not this is an appropriate and helpful comment to leave on a post about enjoying your victories so that you don't burn out.
@evacide @ChrisHolladay
Oh, ffs, they're spying on you with your smartphone, your computer, all cars now have the ability to monitor & spy on you. Gee have I left something out I'm not that engaged in paint by number lifestyle. Didn't Edward Snowden give anyone a fucking clue??
@Em0nM4stodon
Exactly, being in difficult times makes enjoying each victory even more important! Fatalism kills progress. Great work 
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