Flock 首席执行官加雷特·兰利周三表示，该公司未因滥用其车牌摄像头而终止任何客户。他在旧金山的 TechCrunch Disrupt 大会上接受 TechCrunch 编辑总裁康妮·卢伊佐斯采访时作此表述。兰利称，Flock 会“解雇”明知故犯违法的客户，TechCrunch 报道了这一说法。
Flock has not dropped any customer over abuse of its licence plate cameras, chief executive Garrett Langley said on Wednesday. He spoke on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, in an interview with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos. Flock would “fire” a customer that knowingly broke the law, he said, TechCrunch reported.
“目前的争论大多聚焦于‘如果五十名警官中有两名被抓住会怎样？’的假设。如今，我们尚未终止任何客户，但在出现一些相当严重的守法问题时，这也不排除在外。”Flock 首席执行官加雷特·兰利在 TechCrunch Disrupt 上表示。总部位于亚特兰大的 Flock 在美国拥有超过 10 万个摄像头。TechCrunch 引用的报道显示，数十名警官因滥用其全国数据库而面临逮捕、解雇或被迫辞职。
“Most of the debate is nuanced into ‘what if two officers out of fifty were caught?’ Today, we haven’t fired any customers, but it’s not off the table in the case of some pretty drastic law-abiding issue.”Garrett Langley, Flock CEO, at TechCrunch Disrupt Atlanta-based Flock has more than 100,000 cameras across the US. Reporting cited by TechCrunch has found dozens of officers who faced arrest, firing or forced resignation after they abused its national database.
许多人利用该系统进行跟踪。佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州均已对其摄像头采取行动。本月早些时候，一名美国法官裁定，一次警方使用 Flock 进行的搜索构成违宪的大规模监控。
Many used it to stalk people. Florida and Texas have both moved against its cameras. Earlier this month, a US judge ruled that one police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance.
关于错误信息和麦克风，兰利将部分反弹归因于他所说的网络错误信息，《旧金山标准报》援引其言论如此报道。他表示，社交媒体已变得“与政治高度交织”且“充斥着错误信息”。他提到，伊利诺伊州的一名议员因面部识别问题取消了该市的合同，而 Flock 并未提供此项技术。兰利称，Flock 的“大机遇”在于“更好地控制我们的叙事”。
Misinformation and microphones Langley blamed part of the backlash on what he called misinformation online, The San Francisco Standard reported. He said social media had become “so interwoven with politics” and “rife with misinformation”. An Illinois council member, he said, had cancelled his city’s contract over facial recognition, which Flock does not offer. The “big opportunity” for Flock, Langley said, was to “better control our story”.
他还表示，Flock 的枪声探测麦克风仅用于监听“枪声”，《TechCrunch》报道称。Flock 官网称，该系统还能为车祸、烟花和街头表演发送警报。
He also said Flock’s gunshot-detection microphones listen for “just gunshots”, TechCrunch reported. Flock’s own website says the system can also send alerts for car crashes, fireworks and sideshows.
“Flock的枪声检测技术主要用于检测枪击事件，但也能够检测烟花、街头表演和潜在的车祸。” Flock发言人Paris Lewbel对TechCrunch表示。Lewbel说，Langley表示该系统不会监控对话或分析语音。它目前也无法检测人类的尖叫或痛苦，Lewbel说。Langley表示，Flock在与少数客户试点人类痛苦检测功能时犯了错误。
“Flock’s gunshot detection technology is primarily used to detect gunfire but is also capable of detecting fireworks, sideshows, and potential car crashes.”Paris Lewbel, Flock spokesperson, to TechCrunch Lewbel said Langley meant that the system does not monitor conversations or analyse speech. Nor does it currently detect human screaming or distress, Lewbel said. Langley said Flock had made a mistake when it piloted detection of human distress with a few customers.
Flock随后已将该功能回滚。‘我们不应停止进步’Langley将Flock比作无人驾驶汽车，他说这些汽车比人类驾驶员更安全。他争辩说，一次事故不应成为关闭它们的理由，TechCrunch报道称。
Flock has since rolled the feature back. ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’Langley compared Flock to driverless cars, which he said are safer than human drivers. One accident, he argued, is no reason to shut them down, TechCrunch reported.
“如果我们希望生活在一个社会中，如果你犯了罪，就有更高的可能性被追究责任，那么我们就不应停止进步。” Garrett Langley，在TechCrunch Disrupt上表示。他说，Flock将向城市领导人提供建议和默认设置，但将强制性功能和政策降至最低。他在8月份表示，Flock建议客户将数据保留期从30天缩短至七天。
“If we want to live in a society where, if you commit a crime, you have a higher probability of being held accountable, we shouldn’t pause progress.”Garrett Langley, at TechCrunch Disrupt He said Flock would give city leaders recommendations and defaults, but keep mandated features and policies to a minimum. In August, he said, Flock advised customers to cut data retention from 30 days to seven.
Flock在美国大约有6000名客户，Langley在舞台上确认，其中约60%是执法机构。他说他“没有出售公司的意愿”。路透社本月报道称，Flock计划裁减约18%的员工。
Flock has about 6,000 customers in the US, Langley confirmed on stage, about 60% of them law enforcement agencies. He said he had “no desire to sell” the company. Flock plans to cut about 18% of its staff, Reuters reported this month.
“我认为建立一家有影响力的公司的不幸后果之一就是你需要付出这个代价，我认为这是值得的，因为如今有数以百万计的人因Flock而生活得更好。” Garrett Langley，在TechCrunch Disrupt上表示。抗议活动外部：据《标准报》报道，Langley上台前一小时，大约20名抗议者聚集在莫斯康中心外。一些人戴着《使女的故事》中的红色长袍和纸板Flock摄像头在头上。
“I think one of the unfortunate consequences of building a consequential company is this is the price you pay, and I think it’s worth it because there’s millions and millions of people who have a better life today because [of] Flock.”Garrett Langley, at TechCrunch Disrupt The protest outside About 20 protesters gathered outside the Moscone Center an hour before Langley went on stage, the Standard reported. Some wore red robes from The Handmaid’s Tale and cardboard Flock cameras on their heads.
“我们不同意。这基本上是一个我们没有要求的监控国家。” Kara Starkey，抗议者，对《旧金山标准报》表示。
“We didn’t consent. It’s basically a surveillance state we didn’t ask for.”Kara Starkey, protester, to The San Francisco Standard
TechCrunch 询问当地活动组织“狼群”（The Wolves）的组织者阿什利·奥尔蒂斯（Ashley Ortiz），她会向兰利（Langley）提出什么问题。奥尔蒂斯说：“关于人工智能驱动的大规模监控，什么才能让我们感到安全？”阿什利·奥尔蒂斯，“狼群”（The Wolves），对TechCrunch说。
Asked by TechCrunch what she would ask Langley, Ashley Ortiz, an organiser with local activist group The Wolves, said: “What about AI-powered mass surveillance should be making us feel safe?”Ashley Ortiz, The Wolves, to TechCrunch