cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1304793/how-rogue-officers-turned-a-nationwide-camera-network-into-a-tool-for-stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.



there’s a long history of cops making petty abuses of the power over others they’re granted, and of those additional powers not making their communities any safer. to me this headline reads as “most predictable thing imaginable has come to pass”
here’s my advice: