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US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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Re: US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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Musician-turning-tech anarchist (?) Benn Jordan is making a very interesting series of videos about Flock cameras, their poor safety, and their gray-area interfacing with local governments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMIwNiwQewQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ

I recommend them.

Re: US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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I'm surprised Garrett Langley still has a job, he seems wildly out of touch. For instance he really believes that his Panopticon as a service is the reason crime is down in cities, conveniently ignoring crime rates prior to COVID.

He won’t for long. The backlash is just getting started. Left or right, no one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance. His only advantage is that the cops are on his side and won’t let go of these cameras without a fight.

No one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance, except everyone who carries a “normal” cell phone, in other words not a burner.

Re: US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

He won’t for long. The backlash is just getting started. Left or right, no one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance. His only advantage is that the cops are on his side and won’t let go of these cameras without a fight.

Nah, he's just missing a good PR campaign, there's a 30% of the population that will eat whatever their supreme leaders say they should, I'm sure they can sanewash these cameras as well.

America is pretty polarized around privacy as demonstrated by reactions to the Snowden leaks. So I think that’s a fair point.

Re: US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He won’t for long. The backlash is just getting started. Left or right, no one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance. His only advantage is that the cops are on his side and won’t let go of these cameras without a fight.

No one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance, except everyone who carries a “normal” cell phone, in other words not a burner.

Yes but you can always leave your phone behind if you want to drop off the map. Flock makes that borderline impossible.

Re: US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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No it's not. Would crime go up, down, or stay the same if we had to get strip searched before entering airplanes?

The types of crime that would happen in an airplane would already be identifiable due to its constrained cabin, so I don’t understand the comparison.

Let’s use your example for say a concert. Is checking bags worth it? Would crime go up if there was no bag check? Why or why not?

Re: US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He won’t for long. The backlash is just getting started. Left or right, no one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance. His only advantage is that the cops are on his side and won’t let go of these cameras without a fight.

No one wants their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance, except everyone who carries a “normal” cell phone, in other words not a burner.

Do people who carry normal cell phones do so with the active desire to have their whereabouts subject to constant surveillance?
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