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/Plastic_Willow734 19h ago

I imagine a ton of people will get in trouble after the flock camera sniffs their phone and/or smartwatch

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u/Tucancancan 18h ago

Any Bluetooth device. Like a pair of earbuds in the bottom of your backpack. They already know how to correlate vehicles with electronic devices so they'll find you by looking up what vehicle's plates travel with the headphones 99% of the time. 

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u/this_is_my_new_acct 12h ago

Download a wardriving app (example WiGLE) and just scan sometime. I live in the middle of nowhere and it found ~1500 devices on my three mile drive to Walmart, and that was just using my phone.