Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #67

toomuchtodo wrote: post #34

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Dem advantage heading into midterms is highest in 20 years [1]. I am hopeful if democracy is directly attacked during the upcoming election cycle, the attempt will be contained, but agree it remains to be seen and you should have an exit plan if democracy fails. Mental model: I am sure of nothing. All models are wrong, but some are useful. Better to have a plan and not need it than need it and not have it. Hope alone…

I was thinking regime change along the lines of you gonna get old and croak and be replaced in the voting both by some millenial/Z/alpha that will not repeat your mistake of trying to give the government arbitrary power because their whole lives all they have ever seen is that power come back around in various forms to screw the people. As you like to quote, "demographics is destiny".

Post by snovv_crash » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

throwawa1 wrote: post #32

snovv_crash wrote: post #25

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Since military service is mandatory in Israel, it means that basically any Israeli (with the exception of Hasidic Jews), male or female, is, not by choice, ex-IDF. It isn't a signal of their choices, or willing participation, just of where they were born. If you don't know this, now you do. If you knew this already...

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Post by olyjohn » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC

riffraff wrote: post #20

nenadg wrote: post #13

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>the most egregious abuses of privacy wait until you hear about EU's EES

do you really believe your biometrics being checked once when you enter a continent as a foreigner is the same as being videotaped at every moment in your own country as a citizen?

Post by trhway » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC

brikym wrote: post #59

SoftTalker wrote: post #2

Nice to see some pushback in the most egregious abuses of privacy. I wonder why we are getting this with Flock but not seeing the same with private security cameras such as Ring, pervasive tracking of mobile devices by carriers and apps, and internet browser tracking. Is it just that there's a direct personal benefit with those devices, and people view the trade-off as being worth it?

It's not just inputs/sensors but also outputs. It seems like every public space is abused with bright obnoxious digital billboards now the cost is cheaper and cheaper.

Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Jun 02, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #67

toomuchtodo wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dem advantage heading into midterms is highest in 20 years [1]. I am hopeful if democracy is directly attacked during the upcoming election cycle, the attempt will be contained, but agree it remains to be seen and you should have an exit plan if democracy fails. Mental model: I am sure of nothing. All models are wrong, but some are useful. Better to have a plan and not need it than need it and not have it. Hope alone…

I was thinking regime change along the lines of you gonna get old and croak and be replaced in the voting both by some millenial/Z/alpha that will not repeat your mistake of trying to give the government arbitrary power because their whole lives all they have ever seen is that power come back around in various forms to screw the people. As you like to quote, "demographics is destiny".