FedEx's Secretive Police Force Is Helping Cops Build a Car Surveillance Network
FedEx partners with Flock Safety for AI car surveillance network, sharing feeds with police. Concerns raised by activists over transparency and mass surveillance implications. Flock's customers include Kaiser Permanente. FedEx declines partnership details.
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FedEx has been revealed to be collaborating with local police to establish an AI car surveillance network using tools from Flock Safety, a $4 billion car surveillance startup. This partnership involves sharing surveillance feeds from FedEx's distribution and cargo facilities with law enforcement, expanding Flock's existing network of over 40,000 cameras tracking vehicles by various characteristics. Civil rights activists have raised concerns about the lack of transparency and potential mass surveillance implications of this collaboration. While FedEx declined to provide details on the partnership, it has been confirmed that some police departments are sharing Flock data with FedEx, including the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Pittsboro Police Department. Other major companies like Kaiser Permanente have also been identified as Flock customers, sharing data with law enforcement agencies for security purposes. Flock has faced scrutiny for potentially exaggerating its impact on crime rates and for installing cameras without proper permits in some states.
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4 commentsI find that way more interesting than the original article. Reportedly, Tennessee authorized FedEx to have its own police, with full law enforcement powers.
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