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What has Flock ever done for the US people? At least the Chinese Police State lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty next to the terrible things they’ve done. I’m saying this only part jokingly but one has to wonder where exactly are all the real benefits promised by those sinking the US deeper and deeper in surveillance.
The people deserve the credit. Not the state.
American's don't want to live under constant surveillance, inside an open air prison. That idea should not be hard to understand.
American's don't want to live under constant surveillance, inside an open air prison. That idea should not be hard to understand.
I think it’s important to highlight that the timing of this article comes right after Tucker Carlsons monologue and podcast “Flock Cameras and the Coming Slave State”. Would wager a bet this is a paid piece for Forbes for PR damage control. Garrett probably thought by making those statements a year ago he could get political support from the current administration and population. Looks like that was a bad bet. I actu…
There are no 'guardrails' to mass surveillance.
Oh he still thinks they're terrorists, he's just sorry he got caught saying the quiet part out loud.
Unrelated, in about a minute this post went from the front page to the third page.
There are Flock cameras placed along running paths where there are no cars, and other places that would never need license plate readers.
Does Flock have a microphone that can record you talking with your friend while watching ducks at the local park?
As a reminder, Flock is a ycombinator company. Unrelated, in about a minute this post went from the front page to the third page.
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If it was just recognizing license plates that would be fine. However it fingerprints individuals by running a Bluetooth and WiFi connection to capture your phone or laptop’s Bluetooth MAC and WiFi MAC. There are Flock cameras placed along running paths where there are no cars, and other places that would never need license plate readers. Does Flock have a microphone that can record you talking with your friend while…
not really.
I don't want any private entity to catalogue humans identifiably to a population-scale extent.
if we as a collective whole wanted these things around they (Flock) wouldn't have to buy their positions from the regional municipalities.