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BecomeABenefit t1_jddy7yx wrote

Reply to comment by 1leggeddog in License Plate Surveillance, Courtesy of Your Homeowners Association | Flock Safety works with police to market scanners to hundreds of private community groups — which have no privacy safeguards by Hrmbee

That genie can't go back into the bottle. License plates are public information. You're required by law to display one and people have the freedom to record license plate numbers.

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SidewaysFancyPrance t1_jddxd0n wrote

Reply to comment by Throwaway08080909070 in License Plate Surveillance, Courtesy of Your Homeowners Association | Flock Safety works with police to market scanners to hundreds of private community groups — which have no privacy safeguards by Hrmbee

It's the tracking. I don't think my HOA should be able to share my car's location in my private community with the police. If you live near one of these HOAs, the police could know every time you drive to or from your home. You're OK with that? Personal tracking that will never be used to help you, but only harm you?

Imagine if a group of thieves managed to gain access to this data. They'd know exactly when to rob people.

Now I'll wait for someone to inform me that a random person's right to monitor and track all of my movements is "freedom" but my desire to keep my location private is "communism" or something.

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et711 t1_jddvxsk wrote

Reply to License Plate Surveillance, Courtesy of Your Homeowners Association | Flock Safety works with police to market scanners to hundreds of private community groups — which have no privacy safeguards by Hrmbee

I think this is too invasive. I think that technology has advanced to a point where tracking people and making use of that data is far too easy and inexpensive.

I don't care if it's the government or private organizations, people should expect a higher level of privacy than this.

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SomethingMatter t1_jddvpw6 wrote

Reply to comment by GTthrowaway27 in The average TikTok user in the US is an adult 'well past college age,' CEO says by djJAMZ

Because toddlers and babies don't use something like TikTok and there is no upper limit on the age to skew the average upwards. There is also the problem where a lot of you people stick in fake ages. Back on point, though. You don't need a 10k person to skew the age up. I gave an example in another comment where a couple of 46 year old people can skew an average with a majority school aged group up to 22. Here it is:

If you have 5 x 13 year olds, a 15 year old, a 16 year old, a 22 year old and 2 x 46 year old people. That averages out to 21 years with the median being 14 years.

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Killgore122 t1_jddvlfh wrote

Reply to Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy by OutlandishnessOk2452

Hybrid is the better system. You can work from home on the one day you don’t want to come in (Monday), and the one day you’re practically checked out (Friday). Any extra WFH days are a nice bonus. Sorry, no f***ing sympathy for them since I’ve never really worked a true remote job even during the pandemic.

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SomethingMatter t1_jddul3l wrote

Reply to comment by bigjojo321 in The average TikTok user in the US is an adult 'well past college age,' CEO says by djJAMZ

Yeah, this claim is total bullshit. All of the kids in my daughters school are on tiktok but very few parents in the area use it. Even then, the numbers will always skew higher because babies and toddlers aren't going to be using this and there is no limit on the upper end. For example, if you have 5 x 13 year olds, a 15 year old, a 16 year old, a 22 year old and 2 x 46 year old people. That averages out to 21 years. The vast majority of people are school kids with only one college student, and 2 older people. He should be giving the median age and he knows it.

All of that is also ignoring that a lot of kids stick fake ages into these apps.

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Hrmbee OP t1_jddu43j wrote

Reply to comment by BecomeABenefit in License Plate Surveillance, Courtesy of Your Homeowners Association | Flock Safety works with police to market scanners to hundreds of private community groups — which have no privacy safeguards by Hrmbee

This isn't just about HOA residents, but also visitors to the HOA, contractors, and the like. Also, if a HOA is in a city, then likely all vehicles passing by the community will be captured as well.

Also, given the ubiquity of the collection and analysis of personal data by data brokers, companies, and other organizations, it's highly unlikely that this data will remain unlinked with other personal information. Much of the information captured will likely be of people who are not parties to that HOA contract and essentially have no say in the matter.

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