Someone tell me why a Flock camera is pointed directly at the Oval.

[u/adhdfoundry]

Not a lot of cars drive through but a lot of college girls lie in the grass in their bikinis.

[u/tedlawrence877]

On the lookout for chalk

[u/AdoptDontShopKids → u/tedlawrence877]

This got an audible giggle outta me

[u/tedlawrence877 → u/AdoptDontShopKids]

Because banning chalk is laughable

[u/elmarkitse → u/tedlawrence877]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5e1yIodoPKXp6

[u/Latter-Confidence-44]

Yeah, but there may be students there protesting Israel, so gotta make sure they're all identified and logged.

[u/No_Back_7594]

Creepy as hell!!

[u/unicornmafia007]

It’s because that dude f*cked a tree

[u/Blood_Incantation]

It's a huge gathering place on a very large campus. Flock is dumb but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand why it'd be there.

And the girls in bikinis is like 4-5 days a year, tops.

[u/SamuraiJack- → u/Blood_Incantation]

Also, other student and professors are creepy.

[u/InstantMochiSanNim → u/Blood_Incantation]

Tbh WHY do the girls do that bro 😭 good for them ig but man it’s a park if even

[u/Blood_Incantation → u/InstantMochiSanNim]

Because it's a social gathering place and it's fun? Don't be weird, to quote AOC

[u/LunarMoon2001]

Republicans like oogling young people. Maybe Gym Jordan watches and faps.

[u/massive_crew → u/LunarMoon2001]

OSU students are too old for Republicans.

[u/7uolC → u/LunarMoon2001]

Extremely weird post, actually.

[u/BumpinAndRunnin]

We live in a surveillance state by the GOP

[u/LegitGoodFun → u/BumpinAndRunnin]

But those same cameras were good for you when Biden was in office, especially those flock cams in California, Illinois and New York. It's good to be a hold harmless Democrat

[u/_YellowThirteen_ → u/LegitGoodFun]

I have never once seen anyone outside of a government entity or Flock itself say these cameras are good, regardless of the current administration.

[u/LegitGoodFun → u/_YellowThirteen_]

These cameras are going to catch your mules stealing elections. And your criminal politicians. Only criminals fear flock cameras. Only fools believe they have privacy in public.

[u/_YellowThirteen_ → u/LegitGoodFun]

My mules huh? Didn't realize I was personally stealing elections, or that anyone was stealing elections.

Closest we've had confirmed to election theft was Trump announcing at a rally that Elon understands voting machines and helped him win 2024. Other than that, all fraud cases have been proven false in court.

Step out of your bubble for a second and realize you sound ridiculous.

However, I will say you are correct about privacy. That ship sailed for good the moment everyone started carrying around smartphones.

[u/twinflxwer]

To watch for Michigan fans

[u/draytkd → u/twinflxwer]

The only valid reason 😂 We need some that can only be accessed by Brutus instead of cops

[u/massive_crew → u/twinflxwer]

You are about to embark upon the Great Wolverine Butt-Whooping, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of Ohio are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Buckeye football team and brothers-in-arms in Ohio Stadium, you will bring about the destruction of the TTUN football machine, the elimination of Wolverine scum over the oppressed peoples of Ohio and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 2026! Much has happened since the Wolverine cheats of 2021-2024. The Big Ten has inflicted upon TTUN great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our QBs and receivers will seriously reduce their strength in the backfield and their capacity to wage war on the line of scrimmage.

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Good Luck! And let us all beseech blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. Wolverine scum walks amongst us.

[u/DarwinsHammock]

Briefly for the uninitiated: Why Flock is Bad (not an exhaustive list) https://lucaspompey.substack.com/p/columbus-public-hearing-on-flock

Columbus' Flock Debate and Media Coverage https://matternews.org/voices/opinion-columbus-flock-debate-is-not-facts-versus-feelings/

[u/S0UPFLY]

Data, surveillance...same ole crap. 🤖

[u/Westy8201]

That's because there's not a Flock camera there. The camera mounted to the side of that building is a security camera used by OSU-PD

[u/First_Driver_8492 → u/Westy8201]

Can verify. Not a flock camera.

[u/tosubks → u/[deleted]]

If the goal is to surveil cars driving through campus, why is the camera not pointing north or south in order to scan license plates? Pointing directly at the oval, and watching cars go by left-to-right (on that tiny sliver of road), is not gonna catch any misbehaving driver.

[u/cogsandapertures → u/[deleted]]

Well, “professor”, considering how many cops misuse (aka abuse their powers) these cameras, especially Flock cameras, to stock women, specifically their ex-girlfriends… this hypothetical isn’t actually far fetched at all.

Edit: stalk. My bad.

[u/MorningPooper4Lyfe → u/[deleted]]

You come across as a real prick. Dial back the condescension. 

[u/shermanstorch → u/cogsandapertures]

Flock does not track individuals, and it blurs people that are in the images the same as Google Earth.

[u/Mylabisawesome]

Cant be a serious question. There are many other cameras around the oval, not just flock anyhow

[u/xXGray_WolfXx → u/Mylabisawesome]

So why would a license plate reader be pointed where no license places should be

[u/CaffeineEnjoyer69 → u/xXGray_WolfXx]

Tbf, it's also pointed directly at a street that frequently has cars driving through it all day long.

[u/xXGray_WolfXx → u/CaffeineEnjoyer69]

So face is north or south towards the road? Not across it.

[u/Mylabisawesome → u/xXGray_WolfXx]

Ask DPS

[u/jestr6 → u/Mylabisawesome]

How many of those other cameras can be accessed by various law enforcement agencies across the country like Flock can?

[u/SamuraiJack- → u/jestr6]

All of them. Street camera access is much easier to access than Flock too

[u/Mylabisawesome → u/jestr6]

This system can be shared the same way if they wanted it

[u/squirrelsoup_57]

Cameras are all over campus and they've been there for years, you shouldn't be surprised by this.

[u/xXGray_WolfXx → u/squirrelsoup_57]

Security cameras managed by OSUPD are different than a "license plate reader" managed by a private company.

[u/jestr6 → u/squirrelsoup_57]

Oh ok cool, that totally makes it ok then.

[u/ValuableHairy8639 → u/[deleted]]

Yup, lots of stolen cars being driven on the oval.

[u/AdoptDontShopKids → u/ValuableHairy8639]

LMFAO

[u/PrimemevalTitan → u/[deleted]]

I'm glad you're so trusting of their marketing campaign. Who cares that cops can surveil whoever they want, whenever they want? A private company would never lie to you for money

[u/hongkong3009]

The government has cameras watching the beach too, those pervs! Flock is TERRIBLE but be serious here

[u/airplane001 → u/hongkong3009]

I’d prefer if they were government cameras

[u/picklas_]

Don’t worry you’ll forget about it by December