‘I don’t remember the case number leave me alone': US cops ignore Flock camera oversight, probing nationwide surveillance network with bogus reasoning
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The Flock camera surveillance system that has quickly spread across the US is being abused by cops, a new investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found.
In one example uncovered during the investigation, a cop in Lake County, Indiana, searched over 19,000 cameras with the official justification being “LMAO”.
“Police are routinely searching the Flock database without providing any legitimate justification, making a mockery of our civil liberties,” the EFF said.
“f*ck this new search engine”
In other examples uncovered by the EFF, cops were filling the justification box with expletives such as “idiot,” “sh*thead,” and “f*ck this new search engine”. Others saw the reasoning given as “Hehe,” “WEIRD...
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