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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by p-e-w on Saturday September 26, 2026 @01:29AM (#49853487)
Indeed. It’s insane to see these arguments implying the contrary. The institution committing the violence is the one responsible for the outcome.

If a random person walks into a police station and accuses a random stranger of murder, and the police put that stranger in jail based on that alone, the main problem is not the accuser.

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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by jimdavenport on Saturday September 26, 2026 @01:37AM (#49853527)
But in this case, it wasn't a random person, it was a police-vetted system. Of course the authorities are to blame, but Flock hold a lot of responsibility, too.
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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by p-e-w on Saturday September 26, 2026 @04:19AM (#49854359)
It shouldn’t have been vetted then. It’s again the fault of authorities who approved that.

A scientist who uses an LLM to write a paper remains responsible for its contents. And authorities that outsource police work remain responsible for what comes from that.

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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by franga2000 on Saturday September 26, 2026 @05:33AM (#49854829)
Sure it shouldn't have been approved, but it was approvied through misleading marketing and a huge and expensive lobbying effort. Flock spends a ton of money convincing cops and legislators that their product works well, is useful and safe. That was always a lie and they have to be held responsible for it.
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