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One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days
Readers are discussing a Jezebel report about Lindsey Isaacs, a Florida woman who says she was wrongfully arrested and jailed for 13 days on a vehicular homicide charge after automated license plate reader data from a Flock Safety camera was used against her. She has filed a lawsuit. Commenters on Hacker News are weighing in on the reliability of surveillance data, wrongful arrests, and the rapid spread of Flock's camera network and its civil-liberties implications.
Why now: The story taps into ongoing concerns about mass surveillance and wrongful arrests caused by automated license plate reader technology.
Flock SafetyLindsey IsaacsJezebelPalm Beach, Florida
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- One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days · HotGarbage · 231
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