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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎

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MTEC (Miami Tech Enthusiast Club) is a club dedicated to fostering a local community who are interested in technology in the broadest sense while facilitating advocacy for digital and consumer rights. www.miamitech.club

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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 24/09/2026
Sharing this site for Miami folks. Miami Speed Camera Map is following RedSpeed in Miami-Dade County. Similar issues as with Flock, but not being used directly for law enforcement like Flock is. miamispeedcameramap.com #Miami #ALPRs #RedSpeed
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Miami-Dade School Zone Speed Camera Map | Locations & Issues
Interactive map of Miami-Dade school zone speed cameras. Search by address or school, see RedSpeed camera locations, and view reported signage or enforcement issues.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 07/09/2026
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is fighting to keep Flock cameras operating despite moves from Florida and Miami-Dade to suspend their use. On Sep 10, tell Meiner and your city commission to remove all ALPRs! Stop the mayors plan to continue to surveil residents. www.miamitech.club/on-sep-10-st...
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 30/08/2026
Huge props to our Broward chapter for bringing awareness to ALPRs in Davie yesterday! Time for the contracts to be cancelled and for Flock to come down! Thank you to @50501southflorida.bsky.social for partnering! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zaz... #DeFlock #Broward #Flock #ALPR #Privacy #Florida
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South Florida activists rally against license plate reader cameras
YouTube video by CBS Miami
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 28/08/2026
FLDR Broward - Anti-ALPR Rally Date: Saturday, August 29 Time: 6:00 PM Location: Intersection of S. University Drive & Nova Drive, Davie FL, 33324 Details: Say NO to ALPRs - a blatant disregard of the 4th amendment. www.fldigitalrights.org/stand-up-for... #DeFlock #Broward #Flock #ALPR #Florida
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Great interview with one of the #DeFlock app developers! 👍 "Bob from DeFlock breaks down how #ALPR technology works, what "end-to-end encryption" really means in Flock's case, why this issue is bipartisan, and what you can do about it in your own city." NoALPRs.com 🚫 #surveillance #noalprs #flock
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The Open Source Project Tracking ALPR Surveillance (DeFlock Interview)
YouTube video by Techlore
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 23/08/2026
Thanks to everyone who participated in our events or any events done during the DeFlock Week of Action! Stay tuned for future opportunities to engage in your community and stop mass surveillance. 👍
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 22/08/2026
If you're in Broward County, join us to show our community that we won't stand for Flock and mass surveillance! Rally happening today at 6PM! www.fldigitalrights.org/stand-up-for... #DeFlock #Flock #ALPRs #Surveillance #Broward #Florida
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 20/08/2026
Super excited for folks participating in Broward County! www.fldigitalrights.org/stand-up-for... #Flock #DeFlock #Davie #Broward #Surveillance #Privacy
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 17/08/2026
Join us as we share information on Flock Safety, automated license plate readers, and how all of these cameras contribute to mass surveillance in America and Miami. www.miamitech.club/join-us-for-... #NoALPRs #DeFlock #Miami #Flock #Surveillance
Flock 101: Information Session
Date: Tuesday, August 18
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Westchester Library Health and Wellness Information Center
Address: 9445 Coral Wy, Miami, FL 33165
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 14/08/2026
Join our Flock 101 information session at the Westchester Regional Library! We will be hosting an event and Q&A all about Flock Safety, automated license plate readers, and the mass surveillance threat they pose. Date: Tuesday, August 18 Time: 6:30 PM www.miamitech.club/join-us-for-... #DeFlock
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Join us for our in-person Flock 101 presentation! - Aug 18
We'll talk about Flock Safety, automated license plate readers, and mass surveillance in Miami.
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 10/08/2026
Broward County! Join our discussion about Flock, automated license plate readers, and the privacy threat they pose. August 16 at 7pm, online www.fldigitalrights.org/no-alprs-vir... #DeFlock #Flock #ALPRs #Broward #Florida
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 05/08/2026
Join us for our virtual social hour today at 7:30 PM! It's a great time to talk tech with others in South Florida. :) www.miamitech.club/events/
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 02/08/2026
There are way more flashy things to talk about than securing our water supply, but we need to talk about it! www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit... @projectfranklin.bsky.social is trying to fix this! We need cybersecurity for our water! #Cybersecurity #Security #InfoSec
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Hackers disrupt over 30 Minnesota water utilities in coordinated OT attack
The Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) agency activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities across the entire state after hackers targeted more than 30 community water systems in "a coordinated...
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 21/07/2026
This DeFlock kickoff for Palm Beach County is happening today at 7PM!
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Deflock Broward @deflockbroward.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Eleven years. $5.5M. One competitive bid. A police goal of covering "the entire city perimeter" that no commission ever voted on. Our fifth city investigation is live: Hollywood, FL — built entirely on public records. deflockbroward.org/hollywood/
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Hollywood | Deflock Broward
Eleven years. $5.5 million. A plan to cover "the entire city perimeter" that no one ever voted on. What the public record shows about Hollywood's ALPR program — from the 2014 LEARN enrollment nobody w...
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 13/07/2026
What if a social media platform didn't treat you poorly? That is what many regulations in the EU try to tackle as they confront Big Tech. They're not perfect, but they do show some of the questions we could be asking of how social media should be. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.
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Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons @firewalldragons.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Don't like being tracked everywhere you drive? You CAN fight back - many other communities have. DeFlock is organizing a national week of action against ALPRs. noalprs.com
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National Week of Action Against ALPRs | DeFlock
Mass surveillance doesn't equal safety. Join the movement to dismantle automated license plate readers in our communities.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 08/07/2026
Good news: Webring for video game websites just dropped! www.warppoint.games Let's go web 1.0 gotta love web 1.0 #Gaming #Web
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Warp Point
A curated list of gaming blogs that support RSS.
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 05/07/2026
The Palm Beach and Treasure Coast DSA is kicking off an anti-flock interest group! @pbdsa.bsky.social democratic-socialists-of-america.solidarity.tech/pbtc-dsa-def... If you know people who would be interested in this initiative, please pass it along! #Flock #DeFlock #Florida #Privacy #ALPR
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DeFlock Kickoff - Palm Beach & Treasure Coast DSA - Democratic Socialists of America
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 02/07/2026
Join us at 7:30 PM tonight in our virtual social hour! It's gonna be fun! Good chance we talk about e-readers tonight lol All in South Florida (and even the rest of Florida tbh) are welcome! More info: www.miamitech.club/events/ #Miami #Tech #Florida
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 28/06/2026
Set a reminder for yourself to call your congressional representatives tomorrow! We can't let the government dismantle more of our digital freedom on Big Tech's behalf. #Privacy #Surveillance #KOSA
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 22/06/2026
What happened to discovering blogs? It can be hard to do that today, even if you want to use social media for that purpose. Bubbles looks like a neat way to find new blog posts from small or personal blogs! Seems like a great way to cut right to interesting writing! bubbles.town
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/06/2026
If you like writing long threads on Bluesky, wait until you discover "blog posts." Start blogging with @pckt.blog, @leaflet.pub or @offprint.app today and get 25% off your first year, on us.
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Summer of Standard.site - Bluesky
We've partnered with three blogging platforms built on AT Protocol — Offprint, Leaflet, and pckt.blog — to give you 25% off any annual plan this summer.
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 15/06/2026
Facial recognition is entering classrooms and campuses. We are tracking its spread and impact on privacy rights. pvcy.org/frtmap
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 15/06/2026
It can be overwhelming to try to take back your privacy online. Why not start by learning from our trusted resources? Many of these sites focus on explaining digital privacy in an accessible way. :) www.miamitech.club/resources/ #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 14/06/2026
Tools for everyday convenience can easily serve surveillance, repression or warfare One company involved in that is Leonardo, Italy’s largest defence and aerospace company. Read our report with @corporatewatch.bsky.social
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 13/06/2026
We are the group facilitating organizing against Flock in Miami-Dade County. If you or someone you know in Miami is concerned about all of the Flock cameras popping up near them, please reach out! #Flock #DeFlock #ALPR #MassSurveillance #Privacy #DigitalRights
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 10/06/2026
Join us for our virtual social hour tonight at 7:30 PM! Hang out with other geeks in South Florida. :) www.miamitech.club/events/ #Miami #SouthFlorida #Tech #Privacy
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 30/05/2026
A coalition of local groups will be hosting a teach-in against Palantir and their recent move to Miami. Happening on Monday, June 1 at 7 PM in North Miami Beach. Learn more about Palantir's role in mass surveillance that undermines your freedom. #Miami #Palantir #Privacy #Surveillance
War on immigrants: powered by Palantir. Teach in happening on June 1, 7 PM at Golem Games in 16460 NE 16th Ave, North Miami Beach
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 30/05/2026
A coalition of local groups will be hosting a teach-in against Palantir and their recent move to Miami. Happening on Monday, June 1 at 7 PM in North Miami Beach. Learn more about Palantir's role in mass surveillance that undermines your freedom. #Miami #Palantir #Privacy #Surveillance
War on immigrants: powered by Palantir. Teach in happening on June 1, 7 PM at Golem Games in 16460 NE 16th Ave, North Miami Beach
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 26/05/2026
Fight back. The decline in respect for human dignity through technology is not inevitable. Stop the bad ideas today. #Privacy #Linux #DigitalRights #AgeVerification
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 19/05/2026
As Miami's role in the tech world continues to grow, we must also consider our role in manifesting the digital freedom we deserve. The question of whether technology will respect us or control us will be made in part by residents of this city. www.wlrn.org/science-tech... #Miami #Tech #AI
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The long game behind Miami’s tech boom
With major players like Palantir, Meta and Citadel shifting operations to Miami in recent years, it can seem like it’s the outsiders transforming South Florida into a tech hub that can compete with th...
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 18/05/2026
We're affiliated with FLDR for organizing in Miami. Join us in this meeting if you want to learn how you can engage in South Florida!
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 08/05/2026
We are having our first meeting! This will be to connect with technologists, activists, and concerned citizens so that we can get more organized and outline next steps for dealing with Flock and data centers across the state. May 20 at 7:30 PM www.fldigitalrights.org/general-meet... #Florida
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General Meeting on May 20 - Flock, data centers, and team structure
With DeFlock announcing their week of action for August 16-22, we think it's a good time to have our first meeting!
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 07/05/2026
Join us in a few minutes for our virtual social hour! We'll be hanging out and shooting the breeze, maybe talking about the new @simplex public channel update? www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Privacy #Miami
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 05/05/2026
Virtual social hour this Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Come join us and connect with others interested in technology in South Florida! www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Miami #Programming #Privacy #Linux
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 05/05/2026
Virtual social hour this Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Come join us and connect with others interested in technology in South Florida! www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Miami #Programming #Privacy #Linux
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 01/05/2026
Plans for one data center get stopped while plans for another one get found out Okeechobee County stopped www.wlrn.org/government-p... Miami-Dade started www.wlrn.org/government-p... #DataCenter #AI #Tech #Florida #Miami
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Scrapped data center in Okeechobee County mirrors rising opposition to data centers in South Florida
Plans for a 200-acre data center in Okeechobee County, about 60 miles west of West Palm Beach, have been scrapped amid widespread opposition against such projects.
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 28/04/2026
Today the FL Legislature will discuss congressional redistricting. They will also vote on the AI chatbot age verification bill which will force all Floridians to dox themselves to Big Tech. Please share these alternatives with your reps: www.fldigitalrights.org/alternatives... #Florida #Privacy
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Alternatives to age verification for AI chats
There are more solutions to our tech problems than to just collect more information on people.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 25/04/2026
The i-Ready lawsuit is a great example of national-seeming issues actually being local issues. Similar to Flock, the decision and responsibility of using i-Ready is being made by local government officials. The people it impacts are your neighbors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YeO...
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i-Ready lawsuit spotlights student data and classroom screen time
YouTube video by NBC 6 South Florida
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 23/04/2026
Join our virtual social hour in 20 minutes. :) www.miamitech.club/events/
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 21/04/2026
5 Calls is making it easy to call your lawmakers to oppose identity verification. Just go to this link, add your zip code so that it populates your reps, and call down the list. 5calls.org/issue/age-ve... #Florida #AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #Cybersecurity #IdentityVerification
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Oppose Age Verification Mandates for Internet Access ⭑ 5 Calls
Various federal and state bills have been introduced to require age verification for internet platforms. While these bills’ purported purpose is to …
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 20/04/2026
Our next virtual social hour is this Wednesday, Apr 22 at 7:30 PM. Hang out with us and connect with nerds in South Florida. Share what project you're working on! www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Miami #SouthFlorida
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Events
Join us for the different events that we organize or participate in. Calendar can be found here.
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Florida Digital Rights Association @fldigitalrights.org · 16/04/2026
We were wrong to think that identity verification efforts in Florida were paused for a year. DeSantis is adding age verification to the agenda of the special session of the FL Legislature in two weeks! Oppose this bill and get the word out! www.fldigitalrights.org/its-back-ide... #Privacy
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It's back - identity verification for using AI in Florida
Somehow, privacy-invasive legislation has returned.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 09/04/2026
We had a great time doing our first virtual social hour with Proton Meet. @proton.me it worked great! No issues to report and everything about the design made sense. :)
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 07/04/2026
Join us tomorrow, April 8 at 7:30 PM for our next virtual social hour! From the convo that started in our chat we may be talking about Home Assistant. www.miamitech.club/events/ #Miami #Tech #HomeAssistant
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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 03/04/2026
“Americans may be so split that we can't even agree on which tech billionaires to hate, but a new survey finds extraordinary, bipartisan unease over how much data government agencies have about us and how that data might be abused.”
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The One Thing Americans Can Agree On: The Feds Collect Too Much Personal Data
Across the political spectrum, voters are worried about the privacy and security risks of government collection and storage of their data, the Center for Democracy & Technology finds.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 03/04/2026
@theverge.com writing about Linux? You love to see it. www.theverge.com/tech/905946/... #Linux #OpenSource #ThinkPad #Endof10
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I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux
This machine kills forced obsolescence.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 29/03/2026
"West Palm Beach is paying businesses in high-crime neighborhoods to install cameras that police can monitor live, allowing officers to expand their surveillance of streets where public safety is a concern." Can't confirm, but this sure sounds a lot like Flock www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
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West Palm Beach will pay businesses to put cameras in high-crime areas
The businesses have to connect their cameras to the police department’s Real-Time Crime Center for at least two years.
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Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎 @miamitech.club · 27/03/2026
Flock is commonly cited as an important measure for public safety, but what happens when your surveillance network is turned on you? What happens when you are betrayed by your infrastructure? www.pbs.org/newshour/wor... #Flock #ALPR #Surveillance #Privacy #Miami #Florida #Tech #AI
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Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel used it to track targets, AP sources say
The role of Israel's hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in wartime.
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