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Portuguese icon (FROM A CAN) makes a simple meal (Canned Fish Files) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9FUdOfp8ME
1•zeristor•43s ago•0 comments

Brookhaven Lab's RHIC Concludes 25-Year Run with Final Collisions

https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collis...
1•gnufx•2m ago•0 comments

Transcribe your aunts post cards with Gemini 3 Pro

https://leserli.ch/ocr/
1•nielstron•6m ago•0 comments

.72% Variance Lance

1•mav5431•7m ago•0 comments

ReKindle – web-based operating system designed specifically for E-ink devices

https://rekindle.ink
1•JSLegendDev•9m ago•0 comments

Encrypt It

https://encryptitalready.org/
1•u1hcw9nx•9m ago•1 comments

NextMatch – 5-minute video speed dating to reduce ghosting

https://nextmatchdating.netlify.app/
1•Halinani8•10m ago•1 comments

Personalizing esketamine treatment in TRD and TRBD

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1736114
1•PaulHoule•11m ago•0 comments

SpaceKit.xyz – a browser‑native VM for decentralized compute

https://spacekit.xyz
1•astorrivera•12m ago•1 comments

NotebookLM: The AI that only learns from you

https://byandrev.dev/en/blog/what-is-notebooklm
1•byandrev•12m ago•1 comments

Show HN: An open-source starter kit for developing with Postgres and ClickHouse

https://github.com/ClickHouse/postgres-clickhouse-stack
1•saisrirampur•13m ago•0 comments

Game Boy Advance d-pad capacitor measurements

https://gekkio.fi/blog/2026/game-boy-advance-d-pad-capacitor-measurements/
1•todsacerdoti•13m ago•0 comments

South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44B in bitcoins to users

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-44-billion-bitcoins-use...
2•layer8•14m ago•0 comments

Apache Poison Fountain

https://gist.github.com/jwakely/a511a5cab5eb36d088ecd1659fcee1d5
1•atomic128•16m ago•2 comments

Web.whatsapp.com appears to be having issues syncing and sending messages

http://web.whatsapp.com
1•sabujp•16m ago•2 comments

Google in Your Terminal

https://gogcli.sh/
1•johlo•18m ago•0 comments

Shannon: Claude Code for Pen Testing: #1 on Github today

https://github.com/KeygraphHQ/shannon
1•hendler•18m ago•0 comments

Anthropic: Latest Claude model finds more than 500 vulnerabilities

https://www.scworld.com/news/anthropic-latest-claude-model-finds-more-than-500-vulnerabilities
2•Bender•22m ago•0 comments

Brooklyn cemetery plans human composting option, stirring interest and debate

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-green-wood-cemetery-human-composting/
1•geox•23m ago•0 comments

Why the 'Strivers' Are Right

https://greyenlightenment.com/2026/02/03/the-strivers-were-right-all-along/
1•paulpauper•24m ago•0 comments

Brain Dumps as a Literary Form

https://davegriffith.substack.com/p/brain-dumps-as-a-literary-form
1•gmays•24m ago•0 comments

Agentic Coding and the Problem of Oracles

https://epkconsulting.substack.com/p/agentic-coding-and-the-problem-of
1•qingsworkshop•25m ago•0 comments

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/malicious-packages-for-dydx-cryptocurrency-exchange-empt...
1•Bender•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a <400ms latency voice agent that runs on a 4gb vram GTX 1650"

https://github.com/pheonix-delta/axiom-voice-agent
1•shubham-coder•26m ago•0 comments

Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/penisgate-erupts-at-olympics-scandal-exposes-risks-of-bulk...
4•Bender•26m ago•0 comments

Arcan Explained: A browser for different webs

https://arcan-fe.com/2026/01/26/arcan-explained-a-browser-for-different-webs/
1•fanf2•28m ago•0 comments

What did we learn from the AI Village in 2025?

https://theaidigest.org/village/blog/what-we-learned-2025
1•mrkO99•28m ago•0 comments

An open replacement for the IBM 3174 Establishment Controller

https://github.com/lowobservable/oec
1•bri3d•31m ago•0 comments

The P in PGP isn't for pain: encrypting emails in the browser

https://ckardaris.github.io/blog/2026/02/07/encrypted-email.html
2•ckardaris•33m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mirror Parliament where users vote on top of politicians and draft laws

https://github.com/fokdelafons/lustra
1•fokdelafons•33m ago•1 comments
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Flock Reports to Police If It Thinks Car Movement Patterns "Suspicious"

https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=pm&utm_medium=pm&initms=nat-dig-pm-awr-int-fb-social_feed-BZ30%2B-nsp-feed_SurveillanceCompanyFlockNow_20250813&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=nat-dig-pm-awr-int&utm_content=fb-social_feed-BZ30%2B-nsp-feed_SurveillanceCompanyFlockNow_20250813&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=pm&ms=nat-dig-pm-awr-int-fb-social_feed-BZ30%2B-nsp-feed_SurveillanceCompanyFlockNow_20250813&utm_term=pm-6748111603595-6838690309595&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMABhZGlkAAAGOEHIQhsBHntU-vN-zAj7VllTEkKZxwc7W3NxYS6d6L4_XI4idiZnhTYsnLyqFCbuQ6Mo_aem_dWflVIAJNk7sTdRRfrq5mg&utm_id=6544987402995
81•gscott•5mo ago

Comments

FireBeyond•5mo ago
This sadly doesn't surprise me, at all.

Flock's founders vision is that Flock will "eliminate all crime", and as an ex-employee, it's not an aspirational quote - he is quite literal. All of the ethics around data gathering that you heard during recruitment is gone, and it's all about sharing all the data you can, and trying to speed run to a Minority Report style future.

Their data transparency report is ... a lot less than transparent. I'd estimate that a large number of agencies using Flock are not reported on their "Agencies using Flock" page. Just in my county and the next one over, I can name at least half a dozen agencies using Flock (and it's not even an issue on the part of the agency - my local PD and Sheriff will refer to Flock hits on their FB posts multiple times a week with respect to incidents. But "strangely", neither agency is listed as a Flock-using Agency on their transparency site).

SoftTalker•5mo ago
> Flock's founders vision is that Flock will "eliminate all crime"

And he quite possibly genuinely believes it.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

hattmall•5mo ago
Is that even good intentions? "Crime" is mostly how the world progresses.
leobg•5mo ago
Another way to see it is that Flock merely wants to place itself at the top of the crime food chain.
duxup•5mo ago
“Sorry sir, computer says you are suspicious.”

That kind of opaque justification seems ripe for abuse.

FireBeyond•5mo ago
It's intentional. Flock will bend over backwards to help police, whether they should or shouldn't be.
ChrisArchitect•5mo ago
[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44860000
delichon•5mo ago
What would a constitutional amendment that could head off the panopticon look like? How about

  The people shall be secure against surveillance of their persons, data, communications, and movements. No government shall collect, compel, or purchase such information except upon a warrant founded on probable cause. Mass or indiscriminate surveillance is prohibited.
edit: added "or purchase" per comment.
solid_fuel•5mo ago
I believe this wording may leave a loophole, allowing the government to purchase such information from a 3rd party.
DANmode•5mo ago
As it is now.
elevation•5mo ago
In the text above, “Warrant” is used in the colloquial sense (a judicial permission slip) rather than in the literal sense (the extenuating circumstances that prompt or “warrant” the action by law enforcement.)

I recommend replacing the language “warrant founded on probable cause” with a statement more specifically limiting the government. For instance, the fourth amendment allows the government to search and seize ONLY IF it can describe beforehand l specifically the scope of the search.

Such specific language would also benefit this provision.