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Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops (www.404media.co)

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The records, obtained from the Johnson County, Texas Sheriff’s Office by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and shared with 404 Media, show the sheriff’s office is able to tap into Flock license plate reading cameras at 173 different Lowe’s locations around the U.S. and that it can tap into cameras and gunshot-detecting microphones at dozens of Home Depot stores within Texas. The records are the latest to shed light on how expansive Flock’s surveillance network has become, and highlights that it includes cameras that are operated by both police and private businesses.

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[–] jessicablaze@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

If you didn't alreadt have reasons to boycott them, here's one more.