The decision by the LAPD, one of Flock's largest government clients, follows similar moves by other major U.S. cities like Mountain View, California, and South Portland, Maine, which also cited privacy worries and potential misuse of data by federal agencies.
The supermarket chain is tripling the number of stores utilizing facial recognition, expanding from over 55 current locations to a projected 200 by year-end.
The new username functionality enables users to set a unique handle and share that instead of their personal phone number when initiating conversations.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures applies to location data collected by companies like Google.
As outlined in CyberScoop, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has canceled a contract with Penlink that utilized ad-surveillance technologies to track Americans' locations.
Static LFR involves temporarily mounting cameras on infrastructure like lampposts, with remote monitoring and officers on the ground identifying individuals matched against a watchlist.
