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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by jkestner on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:13PM (#48199729)
I'm guessing license plate takes precedence over all those things. On the other hand, Flock hasn't shown any particular competence, and is happy to flag a bunch of false positives (look at all those criminals!).
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Re:The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate R... by FireBeyond on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @07:11PM (#48200902)
> and is happy to flag a bunch of false positives (look at all those criminals!).

Garrett has explicitly said he'd prefer a false positive to a false negative (very dystopian, no?) given his goal of "zero crime, powered by Brawndo, I mean Flock".

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