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futurism.com > future-society > police-investigator-flock-alpr-abuse-4000-illegal-searches

Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches

21+ hour, 3+ min ago   (319+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 6:01 AM EDT In case you thought the extreme backlash against automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) was excessive, a veteran police investigator was just arrested after conducting over 4,000 unauthorized searches using the software provided by Flock Safety. According to…...

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futurism.com > future-society > federal-agents-monitoring-financial-transactions

Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans' Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (295+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 10:01 AM EDT The surveillance state is trying out a new tactic: pocket watching. 404 Media reports on how secretive “predictive policing” units in the US Border Patrol are analyzing Americans’ financial activity and using it as a pretext to…...

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futurism.com > future-society > flock-alpr-arrest-flaming-projectile-melt-slag

Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (321+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 9:01 AM EDT A man is facing numerous felony charges in Georgia after police allege he allegedly used a bizarre projectile to melt automatic license plate readers into smoldering heaps of metal and plastic. According to Fox5 in Atlanta, 25-year-old…...

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futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > meta-bricks-perv-smart-glasses

Pervs Distraught as Meta Bricks Their Smart Glasses Remotely

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (296+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 7:01 AM EDT In an affront to creeps everywhere, Meta has started remotely bricking the smart glasses of wearers who try to secretly record other people. Earlier this month, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company said it would crack down on…...

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futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > ai-chatbot-users-darkest-thoughts-public-privacy

People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (351+ words) Published Sep 5, 2026 9:01 AM EDT Talking to an AI chatbot can feel like confiding in a mirror, a private exchange equivalent to brainstorming in a Word document. Yet when it comes to the most popular AI chatbots, that mirror is really…...

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futurism.com > future-society > flock-alpr-cameras-activist-police-station-pickup-truck

Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (259+ words) Published Sep 3, 2026 5:03 PM EDT While most of the vandals ripping down automatic license plate readers prefer to go incognito, an Albuquerque character named Jevon Martinez isn’t afraid to show his face. “Since [Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department] is busy — I know…...

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futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > burning-man-meta-glasses

Burning Man Has a Meta AI Glasses Problem

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) Published Sep 2, 2026 10:54 AM EDT There’s a burning question on the minds of those about to attend one of the world’s most iconic festivals this summer: how should they deal with Meta smart glasses? As controversy around the gadgets grows, some…...

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futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > meta-lawsuit-ai-glasses-violated-consent-bystanders

Meta Hit With Sweeping New Claims That Its AI Glasses Violated the Consent of "Millions" of Bystanders in Searing Lawsuit

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (391+ words) Published Sep 2, 2026 8:41 AM EDT An ongoing class action lawsuit against Meta, which accuses the tech giant of misrepresenting its privacy practices regarding its controversial Meta AI Glasses, was amended yesterday to include a new class of “bystander” plaintiffs who claim…...

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futurism.com > future-society > flock-alpr-surveillance-major-trouble-cancellations

Flock Is in Major Trouble

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Published Sep 1, 2026 2:40 PM EDT As backlash against surveillance grows, governments overseeing cities, townships, and counties around the US are dropping their Flock contracts at a record pace — a retreat so widespread that some say it could affect the company’s viability....

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futurism.com > health-medicine > opioid-settlement-money-poor-communities-police-flock-cameras

Instead of Using Opioid Settlement Money to Help Poor Communities, Police Are Buying Flock Cameras to Play With

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (344+ words) Published Aug 30, 2026 6:01 AM EDT With over 100,000 automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) sprouting out of the ground over the past few years, you might be tempted to ask: “with what money?” Drug money, as it turns out, though it’s not exactly…...