AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency(washingtonpost.com) |
AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency(washingtonpost.com) |
Set up your own cameras and publish publicly the movements of politicians that claim this is for safety. Nothing illegal about pointing a camera at the entrance to city hall and logging entries and exits of politicians to a website. Hell, afaict, nothing illegal about pointing a camera at their house and doing the same.
Something in the spirit of celebrity jet trackers, but at a local level.
The hardware/software isn't particularly difficult. Some loudmouth like Rossman could get this moving.
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear right?
I think it has to do with the increasingly toothless nature of the average civilian - I personally could never seriously physically riot unless in extreme danger
Anyone can publish a livestream of anything visible from public by the naked eye. Why would using machine vision on that livestream to highlight public officials change anything.
It’s literally the same laws that let flock operate, and exactly what they and other ALPR companies are already doing silently.
I find it suspicious that this story doesn't show up in HN's search function. But that's just me.
Oh, wait: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety
Most of the camera's on my property are hidden but that is to get license plates of porch pirates.
There's a very small number of people committing crimes worthy of these cameras, and there's also a small number of people not willing to do business with clients of camera purveyors.
Hiding surveillance cameras on your own property is fine, although I wonder how much you are losing out on deterrence effects.
What part of "The Orange Clown and his minions simply regard the justice system as a speed bump" are you not paying attention to?
> ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.
Ref: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230...
In the meantime, you will sit in jail, pay money to lawyers, and possible wind up in El Salvador if you really pissed somebody high enough off.
But, sure, feel free to organize it yourself, please. We would all benefit from your actions.
It won’t just be fine, thousands are arrested for bullshit every day and their lives are ruined, you’re extremely naive if you think otherwise.
Your comments are literally just wishful thinking, get a fucking clue. Smart people are being violently detained and assaulted by the law every single day.
Sometimes protest must cost the protester something to prove a point, if not - as you point out - many people will be violently detained and assaulted by the law without restraint.
Civil rights protesters for generations have known that getting beaten and unjustly charged are probable short term outcomes while long term justice is on the way. They weigh that they are willing to endure that for the greater good. Yielding to powerful people and injustice because it is unjust is a choice that you can make, but don’t call other people wishful thinkers that need to get a “fucking clue” for being willing to do the thing that you are fearful of.