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  • Subject: License plate reader company launches product detectinghuman voices

    From Fritz Wuehler@fritz@spamexpire-202510.rodent.frell.theremailer.net to alt.privacy,comp.society.privacy on Monday, October 06, 2025 15:08:06
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    As one poster put it, "you better learn sign language."

    "The automated license plate reader and drone company Flock Safety is
    rolling out a new gunshot detection product that will also listen to
    human voices."

    "News of the new product has alarmed digital freedom advocates. An
    Electronic Frontier Foundation blog post on Thursday said that the
    “high powered microphones parked above densely-populated city streets”
    should cause cities to cancel their Flock contracts “before this new
    feature causes civil liberties harms to residents and headaches for
    cities.”

    https://therecord.media/flock-surveillance-technology-gunshot-voice-
    detection

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection- microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices

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  • From jjdina@jda@none.here to alt.privacy,comp.society.privacy on Saturday, December 13, 2025 13:20:28
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

    On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:08:06 +0200
    Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-202510.rodent.frell.theremailer.net>
    wrote:

    As one poster put it, "you better learn sign language."

    "The automated license plate reader and drone company Flock Safety
    is rolling out a new gunshot detection product that will also listen
    to human voices."

    "News of the new product has alarmed digital freedom advocates. An Electronic Frontier Foundation blog post on Thursday said that the
    _high powered microphones parked above densely-populated city
    streets_ should cause cities to cancel their Flock contracts _before
    this new feature causes civil liberties harms to residents and
    headaches for cities._

    https://therecord.media/flock-surveillance-technology-gunshot-voice- detection

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection- microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices


    +1

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