Starting later this year, Flock is planning to have its Raven gunshot detection devices search for audible signs of human distress-like screams. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices
Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adopt it: detection of “human distress” via audio. As...

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Completely unrelated note, it's time to start an outdoor raptor language class

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folks are doing a good job covering the ever-emerging threats posed by Flock

But is anyone paying attention to Automotus?

spreading like wildfire

@eff I encourage city residents to look up fishercat videos. Do with that what you will.
@eff Small step to identifying Spanish speakers
@eff arriving at the point in the timeline when cops break down my door for fucking too loud
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How about tuning it to drone tracking and auto elimination
@eff maybe the administration will finally register any empathy for teachers at all once an elementary school playground is detected and logged for terabytes and terabytes every day
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Ah great, someone else picked up on that. My gosh, girlie blood curdling screams are prevalent in schoolyards.

@Jaypee @eff it's probably therapeutic for them and none of their voices have changed

Man, if my office had screaming hour? shiiiit

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Agreed. We lose a lot as we grow up.
@eff What the actual fuck is wrong with your country. This is not a question.
@eff Should make for a fun Halloween.