blueoranges

> anti-recording without policy for use and retention

Not recording on its own, but the linking of data with other cities and making it all searchable by those with access is where it becomes unprecedented mass surveillance.

You’re right that we have to be specific.

> your phone may be recording

They are able to dodge these accusations by just selling voice command logs. “No we don’t record you or sell your audio data” and yet Siri’s AUL reads:

    [PhraseSpotter] Detected wake word “Pepsi” with a score 0.942.

    [com.apple.voiceactivation] Proceeding with full wake. 

A lot of people don’t know there is a low power “always on” processor (AOP) that monitors a small audio buffer on-device.

So no need to sell the audio, just the unrelated logs of some app that uses the AOP.

Nobody is saying HOA except you.

It started as license plate readers and expanded to include identifying people by clothing, body type, etc. storing it in a database that communicates with surveillance networks in other cities.

That is literally mass surveillance.

Flock is YC

Release dates is why Rust implemented the Never type https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49625056