The article itself is from August, but after seeing Flock cameras at a local Lowe’s store that were missing from the DeFlock map, I thought it’d be worth bringing increased attention to such companies contributing to the propagation of Flock cameras. If there’s a Home Depot or Lowe’s near you that’s not on the DeFlock map already, it might just not have been added yet.

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        They’re pretty chonky. It’s a decent sized box with solar panels on them. The ones shown on deflock.me are pretty noticeable, I’ve looked pretty hard around the 3rd entrance. There’s a grocery store on that side and a few other smaller stores that share the parking lot.

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          I could be wrong, but I think any camera with an Internet connection could be a Flock camera. You don’t need solar panels or “chonk” (i.e. batteries) if it’s just hooked up to grid power.

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    So the use of ai is concerning, but the whole point of cameras in grocery stores is to hand to cops.

    Bad headline is bad.

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      Have you seen the other articles about the mentioned company? It’s not just handing over the relevant footage when a crime occurs so that crime can be prosecuted, it’s a nationwide surveillance network that gives them access to the location history of millions of people regardless of whether they’ve done anything wrong.

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    ??? This doesn’t even make business sense. They’re arresting their biggest customers/the labor all their contractors use