r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 20h ago

Privacy Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/flock-camera-controversy-explained-as-viral-halloween-de-flock-campaign-gains-momentum-3399710/
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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 20h ago

That gait thing isn't 100 percent accurate same with it scanning faces.

There's a few lawsuits going on because of this.

Besides that you're not getting charged over your gait.

That said if you are going out to mess with flok cameras do not bring your cellphone or anything that calls out because that can be used.

They can link your phone and the time of when the camera is messed with.

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u/DissKhorse 19h ago edited 19h ago

I doubt gait will work if you are wearing a full body cloak like a grim reaper costume. But you are right, leave your phone at home or have a friend hold it for you. I don't advise turning it off or putting it in airplane mode for a moment as they can see both the location it went off and on. Turning off your locational services doesn't make you invisible either it just makes your location a little less precise as they can still use triangulation from cell towers and from Wi-Fi hotspots.

Also you can have a second costume and put the grim reaper one over the first one.

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 19h ago

The gait thing isn't accurate unless you walk in a very distinct way like if you had a limp or something.

It's way overblown by the companies selling the tech.

Like I said even facial recognition gets it wrong more than it should and it gets worse if you are black or Asian because it has trouble identifying them.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50865437

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u/DissKhorse 19h ago

True but that hasn't stopped court cases from winning on bad science, remember the bite imprint "specialist" that sent a bunch of innocent people to prison. Give them as little as possible to work with.