Anyone might wonder how often they are caught on police cameras that operate 24/7. I spent a day driving, and over a month trying to get the answer.
Anyone might wonder how often they are caught on police cameras that operate 24/7. I spent a day driving, and over a month trying to get the answer.
What’s the camera technology like? Is a distributed citizen-owned network to watch the watchers feasible?
Flock? They use good cameras but I’m not sure of specs. Those pictures in the article are straight from those cameras. Their magic is in the software, the ALPR plus the “car fingerprint” is what makes them valuable. deflock.me is us watching the watchers. Now… who’s the best shot with a paintball gun?
Thanks. Pleasantly surprised that there are not too many ALPRs nearby me according to deflock.me. I was thinking, though, what about privately owned ALPRs to track known enforcement vehicles. I didn’t know what laws come into play there (or what unequal enforcement). The photos on the article do look high quality though, definitely beyond a Pi camera board pointed out a window. OTOH tagging “purple bumper sticker” or “bike rack” honestly doesn’t sound that far beyond OpenCV or AI tools these days.
Well, no ALPRs that anyone has clocked yet. The map does not show areas that are or are not checked, yet. They are working on it. You could drive around and look for “Penguin-*” BT devices.
Not illegal to run an ALPR, as evidenced by Flock rolling this shit out nationwide. This video gives you a good look at the current gen, will probably change as they improve.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_2AVBbGMoRs