Anirvan Chatterjee

THIS IS HORRIFIC:

"a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks maintained by surveillance tech company Flock Safety, including states where abortion access is protected by law, such as Washington and Illinois. The search record listed the reason plainly: 'had an abortion, search for female.'"

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/she-got-abortion-so-texas-cop-used-83000-cameras-track-her-down

She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Lawmakers who support reproductive rights must recognize that abortion access and mass surveillance are incompatible. The systems built to track stolen cars and issue parking tickets have become tools to enforce the most personal and politically charged laws in the country.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
May 30 at 11:45pmBuffer
Show threadBoorMay 31
@anirvan imagine what he’ll do with the fancy new AI tools rolling out. Awesome.
Show threadJoe AlexanderMay 31
@boor @anirvan Instead of fear mongering realize you don't need to wait for something imagined to come - the thing we fear is already here.
Show threadMichael PotterMay 31

@anirvan This is the camera on a pole that I see on one of my walks. The same bicycle-seat camera shape and solar panel. It creeps me out and now I know why.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety

Flock Safety: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

Show threadCourt Cantrell prefers not toMay 31
@anirvan That sounds like sociopathic obsession to me. That cop is seriously sick and evil.
Show threadPandaChronicle ResistsMay 31
@anirvan
WTAF
Show threadGutmensch.May 31
@anirvan #nothingtohide
Show threadYann DroneaudMay 31
@anirvan U.S. Taliban at work
Show threadRaul PortalesMay 31
@anirvan if only people were so passionate about chasing corrupt government officials, and I'm thinking about the president right now.
Show threadLyle Solla-YatesMay 31
@anirvan “While this particular data point explicitly mentioned an abortion, scores of others in the audit logs released through public records requests simply list "investigation" as the reason for the plate search, with no indication of the alleged offense. That means other searches targeting someone for abortion, or another protected right in that jurisdiction, could be effectively invisible.” 🙁
Show threadChristopher SnowhillMay 31
@anirvan So glad the Goddamn Batman has his priorities straight. Clearly that woman is as dangerous as The Joker.