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We'll say this again: if ANY device collects footage of the public—whether it's a food delivery robot, self-driving car, doorbell, or a smart microwave oven near a window—POLICE WILL COME FOR THE VIDEO.

Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show

Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant si...

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BAbigbennyfl.bsky.social

when the shop next to mine was burglarized the detectives came to my shop to see if my cameras picked anything up, they didn't. They also tapped into the logs for the wifi router for the public wifi in my shop to look for data there too.

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Bbaylink.bsky.social

And they will get it, even if a rule or law forbids this. Shame they gotta be that way; it actually forecloses some useful stuff that we could take advantage of, if we didn't have to be protecting ourselves from the people who are supposed to be protecting us.

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yfield.social

Correct me if I’m wrong, but people can pretty securely protect themselves from any negative consequences of this by not doing crimes

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SBsandipb.allblue.social

Not disputing the premise of the post. But is this not a case about the robot company giving the footage for a case involving theft of the same robots?

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MGdrmattyg.com

Everything is ALPR now. We are all ALPR now.

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RSrszasz.bsky.social

I mean, both throw them in the nearest canal, and expect the robot your yeeting to have cameras recording you. Is there a case of the footage being subpoenaed for a case not involving theft or damage of the device itself?

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We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. eff.org
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