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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 days ago

Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show

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Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 days ago
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Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.
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  • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]@hexbear.netM
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    be advised, newsheads, this story is from a year and a half ago and does not pertain directly to ongoing protests

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      Yσɠƚԋσʂ has been posting some Ls lately

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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        If these companies were doing it a year ago, they’re doing it now too.

        • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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          “news”

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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            it’s news worthy in the context of the protests in LA where these robots will film people and send data to LAPD

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              niko-yawn

          • RoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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            More like olds.

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    i asked the CEO of cruise whether their robot cars would give footage to the cops and he said not unless the company was compelled to do so by law. I never believed him though. These cars driving all over the place at all times recording everything is just too juicy for the police state.

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    What a stupid move by these companies. If food delivery robots get viewed as robocops by a population that hates the cops it will effectively destroy their business. They will be destroyed on sight.

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      Ring and other video doorbells have been happily sending information to police for years without any public outcry.

      I think you overestimate the number of fucks the average person will give.

      • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        Tipping over a delivery car or burning the ones that come through certain neighbourhoods is very different compared to ring cameras that risk confrontation with a home owner. Even here in the UK I could see cart tipping become a fun sport bored kids could get into like cow tipping.

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          Ethical cow tipping

          inshallah

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            If it showed up in a couple videogames and it would totally catch on.

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        ring doorbells are the personal property of gun wielding psychos, a pizza delivery bot’s owner generally can’t retaliate

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    California delenda est

  • nothx [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I’m sure it’s still happening today, but the article is from 2 years ago.

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    We knew they would be used like this. All food bots are bastards.

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    Hi! I’m Feedy! Our CEO is super-greedy! With my cam - I’m uploading your gob to the LAPD! Don’t you dare say it’s “fucking seedy”!

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM
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      This would make a good 21st century wobbly song.

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    The specific incident in question was a grand larceny case where two men tried (and failed) to steal a robot owned and operated by Serve Robotics

    It was video filmed by the robot of dudes trying to steal the robot. It wasn’t following people round and getting in their business…

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      I agree, but honestly with the way things are going rn, anything like this is bound to end up like ring cameras where cops just have warrantless access to it at will, expanding the panopticon

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    https://archive.is/08kza/again?url=https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/

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