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This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data (www.techradar.com)
submitted 5 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

This is how Flock tells them to operate

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm so confused, what is the upside of allowing those for the town?

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 4 points 1 hour ago

Cops love surveillance. It’s easier for them than patrolling a beat; you know actual police work.

For citizens, there is no real upside.