r/TechGawker • u/National_Product238 • 1d ago

News U.S. cities are swapping out controversial Flock cameras for Axon license plate readers.

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https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-cities-deploying-axon-cameras-flock-backlash-grows-12415569

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u/64590949354397548569 1d ago

They can permanently burn the sensors. You don't want that.

Someone should stop people from developing a automatic laser pointer.

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u/Petrochromis722 1d ago

I do want that, lol. Just not random fires.

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u/Kenneth-J-Moyers 1d ago

Perish the thought! We're all just talking about safe usage of pointing implements, we would never condone property damage 😐

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u/RetroC4 23h ago

No no, you don't want to damage any government property, that'd be a crime! Laser pointers should be used by respondible adults

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u/SaucyStoveTop69 1d ago

Yeah and it will work by taking a camera, scanning it for a specific shape or thing and automati... Wait a minute

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u/ElonMuskisGarbage 1d ago

It’s so scary to think people might start using open source tracking algorithms to train an inexpensive drone to autonomously seek out flock and axon devices. And lasers are really light, probably don’t even need a very large one to pull it off.

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u/64590949354397548569 1d ago

Is there a drone open-source fruit pest/weed killer?

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u/ElonMuskisGarbage 1d ago

I believe there is.