>When something turns up at a stadium or an airport, staff photograph it, log it, and wait. Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives: thousands of accidental portraits of lost stuff.
Where? What Software? What Archive?
So many photos of peoples lock screens with clearly visible faces...
scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...
It is scraped from Pixit. They sell lost/found, evidence + seized item management systems. [1] The listings are public; it was cool OP turned this into a mini art piece.
Picture of a lost iPhone, with a message to call the owner at a phone number. Guess taking pictures was in the job description, and returning lost property wasn't.
Where? What Software? What Archive?
So many photos of peoples lock screens with clearly visible faces...
[1] https://www.pixithq.com/
I worked alongside the lost&found office at an old job, we just had a spreadsheet and a book...
Am I not understanding your question? It's one system - and either their archives are public on purpose, or their endpoints are simply unsecured.