One woman was recently told to pay up if she wanted clandestine footage removed from social media.
Extortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Now https://gizmodo.com/extortion-using-smart-glasses-is-a-thing-now-2000755562
-- Gizmodo (@gizmodo.com) May 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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States react to FLOCK?
New CT law bars police from sharing license plate data for immigration enforcement
www.ctinsider.com
... The legislation follows a CT Insider investigation that found Connecticut police departments using cameras from Atlanta-based company Flock Safety were sharing data to a "national network" that allowed out-of-state agencies to access their data. The data was searched thousands of times by out-of-state agencies for "ICE," "ICE-assist" and "immigration" purposes, the reporting found. ...
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