Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices
Flock Safety has ended its pilot program for 'Distress Detection,' a feature that would have used its citywide acoustic gunshot detection devices to identify sounds of human distress. The reversal follows public warnings from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the privacy implications of the technology.
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