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Meet Flock's Alpha Drone – It Reads License Plates from 2,000 Feet

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Meet Flock's Alpha Drone – It Reads License Plates from 2,000 Feet

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago

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Flock Safety's Alpha drone reads license plates from 2,000 feet and plugs into its existing ALPR network, raising serious surveillance concerns.

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*has cameras that can resolve fine detail at that distance

License Plate Reader sounds so innocuous. They’re realtime HD feeds.

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