Flock Surveillance Feature Cancelled
Flock cancels audio surveillance feature after backlash
Flock Safety has cancelled its audio surveillance feature, which was designed to detect distress signals such as screaming, in response to overwhelming backlash from the public and civil liberties groups, as reported by Futurism. The decision is seen as a win for privacy advocates, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation noting that public pressure can influence companies and lawmakers to discontinue harmful products. This development comes as facial recognition technology is also facing criticism, with some arguing that it is being used to erode civil liberties, as discussed in articles such as Facial Recognition Faces Backlash and Facial Recognition Under Fire. The American Civil Liberties Union has also been working to expose police surveillance secrets, including the use of facial recognition and other technologies, with the release of an online toolkit, as covered in ACLU Toolkit Exposes Police Surveillance Secrets and reported by wired.com.
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