#microphones — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025

Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.

One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.

"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody

If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.

#privacy #apple #microphones #school #college

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025

Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.

One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.

"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody

If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.

#privacy #apple #microphones #school #college

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025

Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.

One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.

"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody

If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.

#privacy #apple #microphones #school #college

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025

Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.

One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.

"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody

If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.

#privacy #apple #microphones #school #college

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025

Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.

One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.

"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody

If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.

#privacy #apple #microphones #school #college

Victory! #Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human #Voices

Reversing course, #FlockSafety —the #surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated #licensePlate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic #gunshot detection devicesto identify signs of “human distress.”

In October 2025, @eff warned the public that Flock was rolling out a new feature called “#DistressDetection ” that would be deployed through their acoustic gunshot detection devices (formerly known as #FlockRaven , now called #AudioDetection ). This feature purported to use high-powered #microphones scattered throughout a city to search for sounds of human distress, with original advertisements from the product indicating it would search for “#screaming.” (Since the publication of our original blog post, Flock quietly amended the ad on this webpage to say “distress” instead of “screaming.”)
#privacy #security

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices

Flock’s #Gunshot Detection #Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices
#privacy #security #alpr #flock #surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices