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So flock sells (or leases?) hardware (the cameras) and provides subscriptions to their database for biometric or other ai recognition stuffs. It’s not just automatic plate readers- it’ll also identify your car by make, model, rust spots, number stickers, etc. (or try to, anyways,)
The people installing them are the property owners- Home Depot (a big box hardware store,) installs them in their lots, for example. Local police agencies (and the city/town governments that govern them) install them on traffic signals, as another example. There are thousands of police agencies ranging from the city/town/small town through county, state, and federal levels across America, and frequently agencies dedicated to a particular beat, like a specific transit system, or a city’s parks, or a college campus.
It’s difficult to imagine that once cameras are up Flock can keep them there without the permission of whomever owns the property they’re installed on.
So either the college doesn’t own it (on a traffic signal, would be the city, probably,) or the college is full of shit- “whelp we tried! Sorry!”
Yes. I have extensive experience on seeing these systems implemented and I can back this post up. The camera's analytical capabilities can be summed up as "whatever the camera captures, it looks for patterns in other camera's footage and stores everything it sees."
The cameras are deliberate in what they do. The system is specifically designed to track individuals, but also groups and this allows them to basically track everyone.
Is all the US government needs to do is put the faces from IDs to this tracking system and it becomes an instant hunting database. They can find any person across the United States of America in near real-time.
Its considered "crude" to them at this time because in rural areas, it's only grabbing license plates coming and going but it's expanding rapidly and every single local government has been on board with. Why? Revenue.
I'm not going to get into this too much but we tried offering non tracking systems that were intended for public safety. The local governments did not want them at all even though the camera system did a better job at its intention. The US government is filled with greedy people and they want everyone's money. That's why Flock is here.