• Subject: License plate reader company launches product detecting human voices

    From Fritz Wuehler@fritz@spamexpire-202510.rodent.frell.theremailer.net to alt.privacy,comp.society.privacy on Mon Oct 6 15:08:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

    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
    ohigh powered microphones parked above densely-populated city streetso
    should cause cities to cancel their Flock contracts obefore this new
    feature causes civil liberties harms to residents and headaches for
    cities.o

    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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