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Re:Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and the... by abalashov on Sunday June 28, 2026 @12:00PM (#48708550)
It was both, of course, but it's not an accident they were placed there at scale.
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Re:Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and the... by naturalmovement on Sunday June 28, 2026 @12:02PM (#48708567)
I disagree, I see them all over the place, it is due to shoplifting.
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Re:Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and the... by abalashov on Sunday June 28, 2026 @12:03PM (#48708581)
It is also due to shoplifting. They wouldn't get deployed if nobody could justify them in any way.

https://prospect.org/2026/05/21/home-depot-lowes-downplay-cu...

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Re:Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and the... by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday June 28, 2026 @12:19PM (#48708748)
My Home Depot, on the north coast, was selling off cases of Jarritos a few months ago. They very much cater to the day laborers.
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Re:Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and the... by abalashov on Monday June 29, 2026 @06:44AM (#48717457)
I hear you, but a little foray into history may convince you that this kind of two-facedness and speaking out of both sides of one's mouth is actually quite common.

This is particularly true when the decisionmakers for the one (ICE cooperation) and the other (selling Jarritos and catering to day labourers more generally), and all the more true if there's revenue attached to doing both.

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