Police Surveillance Technologies

Discussions center on law enforcement's use of surveillance tools like Flock ALPR, Ring cameras, ShotSpotter, facial recognition, and other tech for tracking citizens, with concerns about privacy invasion, dragnet surveillance, and potential abuse.

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myth_drannon Jan 18, 2022 View on HN

It's more like police using Palantir or Clearview AI

wahnfrieden Nov 19, 2023 View on HN

It's govt surveillance tech. Now riders are more accurately and easily traced to individual citizens/residents/visitors.

tech_sama Jul 3, 2017 View on HN

You should check the below article of the gurdian. How US police made several encounter. I think this technology will only increase that number.

jff Nov 20, 2012 View on HN

Ah, the land where the police use trojans to surveil you.

JoblessWonder Aug 18, 2020 View on HN

Here is one vendor who is trying to sell the technology to police forces in the US:https://www.pss-1.com/

lm28469 Jun 11, 2020 View on HN

Yes and plenty of other sources:https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-te...https://www.wired.com/2016/

goodluckchuck Aug 3, 2020 View on HN

Any reason to think usage is limited to law enforcement?

detaro Nov 13, 2020 View on HN

Mostly reporting what another article reports (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7memd/police-are-tapping-in... ) - please submit the original source in such cases.previously on the same issue: https:&

toomuchtodo Sep 5, 2025 View on HN

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-to-pump-the...

muzakthings Sep 12, 2014 View on HN

Not sure if you've seen this, but relevant:http://www.shotspotter.com/