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re: Kane calls for Flock Pause

Posted on 8/9/26 at 8:48 pm to
Posted by parrothead
big salty ham
Member since Mar 2010
5322 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 8:48 pm to
quote:

You walk around with a fricking camera and hot mic in your pocket. You have mics and cameras all over your house the government can tap into if they want.


Big difference in something I can opt out of (turn your phone off or get a flip phone, etc) vs the government tracking my movement and I have 0 way to stop it except never leave my house
Posted by done dancing
South Louisiana
Member since Apr 2016
249 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 8:57 pm to
You have a problem with your local police, not Flock cameras. Flock cameras ARE NOT red light or speeding cameras. They are not watching you all the time. They are basically LPR cameras, i.e. license plate readers. Enter the license plate number and issuing state.and determine where the vehicle suspected of a crime has traveled. Most people here have no idea what they're talking about. And they are invaluable solving crimes, especially those crimes where the suspects cross jurisdictions. They are not big brother spying on you.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
21317 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 8:58 pm to
No
Posted by Sev09
Nantucket
Member since Feb 2011
15865 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:04 pm to
The problem is that flock is a private company and the government/law enforcement are able to obtain footage/tracking information directly from them without probable cause, subpoena, or warrant.
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
25097 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:16 pm to
It’s even worse because it’s a private company contracting with the gov and also selling all its data to anyone.

Posted by everytrueson
Southern California
Member since Mar 2012
7908 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:16 pm to
Lot of brown shirts in this thread.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
59965 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:24 pm to
I want to give you a good example of why flock cameras should be banned


It's kind of a learning exercise


This is presumably a booking photo, I actually have no idea who this guy is but assuming y'alls internet works like mine, search it with google lens

It pulls up all kind of results about different nfl players


These big companies facial recognition technology doesn't work
This post was edited on 8/9/26 at 9:30 pm
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17479 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

There no difference in these cams and the ones being sold by other vendors or owned by municipalities

You miss the fact that that they're not just cameras. They're scanning bluetooth beacons (your phone, airpods, smart watches, etc), they link transmitting devices like phones to license plates, etc.

But it sure as shite didn't help when a group of thieves ripped off $30k of Ford tail lights out of three trucks in my gated parking garage in one night, because they stole a plate from some old lady in Richmond that drove a Buick.

Posted by done dancing
South Louisiana
Member since Apr 2016
249 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:34 pm to
Because their customer is primarily law enforcement and government. The system is built for that usage. All states and local jurisdictions can participate as they please, meaning it's not integrated in all fifty states and all counties/municipalities in the country. Cameras on interstates are used for traffic management.
Posted by done dancing
South Louisiana
Member since Apr 2016
249 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:38 pm to
So your rant about the cameras nefarious usage is contradicted by the criminal using a stolen plate to defeat the system. How ironic.
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
8671 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:49 pm to
Geez. We need someone to come up with some kind of device that somehow creates a signal that fricks with these things.

Weve gone hundreds/thousands of years without this level of surveillance, but now it's something we can't live without. We are being turned into Chyna by this govt.
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
3638 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:56 pm to

Posted by done dancing
South Louisiana
Member since Apr 2016
249 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 10:00 pm to
All things can be corrupted. No doubt in people being concerned about their privacy and rights..I'll never argue that. As a tool used correctly, this is a big winner in solving crimes. In the wrong hands, it's as dangerous as the handguns that are routinely stolen from unlocked vehicles.
Posted by CastleBravo
Rapid City, SD
Member since Sep 2013
2153 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 10:09 pm to
We should propose that they be used to identify people of color for deportation.

That will end the flock cameras quickly.
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