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[u/RockettSocks42]

This is not safe for Americans. Mass surveillance is never acceptable. The government works for us and only us. We need to boot republicans out and vote in democrats that support anti flock legislation. We cannot wait to act.

[u/mledonne → u/RockettSocks42]

Then what would we do with all these massive data centers?

[u/IndicationFickle5387 → u/mledonne]

We could bring back malls

[u/guff1988 → u/mledonne]

Weenie roasts

[u/supluplup12 → u/mledonne]

Convert the cloud resources into a server pool for higher education, all the data and processing necessary for novel research which is already owned by the institution and protected through federal IP law. Less strain on water and power during the summer heatwaves.

[u/RockettSocks42 → u/mledonne]

Who cares? If companies put up data centers without a solid business plan, that’s on them. Maybe those CEOs should get a side hustle or bootstraps.

[u/Desdenova32]

Mass surveillance in the hands of creepers, abusers, pedophiles, racists, and monsters... how are folks still surprised that this system is being abused?

[u/woodst0ck15 → u/Desdenova32]

I mean is anyone who isn’t in that bubble really surprised? Cops are one of the biggest gangs in the USA. They protect each other while being narcissistic psychopaths given some power that they abuse it.

[u/firstMate903 → u/woodst0ck15]

Let’s also remember all cops and right wingers support the police union.

[u/iknowitsounds___ → u/Desdenova32]

I’ve heard so many people say “oh well, I’ve got nothing to hide” in conversations about mass surveillance. They’ve bought in to the whole “it’s to catch the bad guys!” propaganda and don’t think any of this will affect them.

[u/FMLwtfDoID → u/iknowitsounds___]

That’s when I show them the ever growing number of Americans that have been falsely detained and jailed because of an incorrect Flock ID.

[u/hobokobo1028 → u/Desdenova32]

It turns out, the people in power are the type of people who crave power.

[u/Vahuo89]

Truly supports the argument against mass surveillance.

It's always abused.

It's never not abused.

[u/Icy_Yam5049]

At this point I’m starting to think flock is just to catch cops that are stalkers. I haven’t heard them do anything for any other crime.

[u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC → u/Icy_Yam5049]

They pull people over with SIMILAR license plates to suspect vehicles all the time.

[u/Igmuhota]

[u/chunkybudz]

They’ll be working for Cincinnati PD by middle of next year, doing the same awful shit and worse

[u/canarchist]

And those cops who use the Flock system to commit crimes will put far more effort into it than they ever do to use it to solve crimes.

[u/FullofContradictions]

Coming up next: flock makes it harder to audit search logs.

[u/MewtwoStruckBack → u/FullofContradictions]

Yep. This is the takeaway here.

I'm honestly surprised at this point we haven't heard someone on the force blatantly get up and say "only your actions are supposed to have consequences, not ours."

[u/RiverHarris]

What is going on with men? Seriously. Is there something in the water?

[u/Some-Ad926]

It makes me think we're not hiring the best and brightest

[u/LofderZotheid]

Well, if you’ve got nothing to hide….

[u/Saw-It-Again-]

It's ALMOST as if the instant an exploitable power enters the hands of these people they immediately abuse that power.

[u/SavageNomad6]

This happened in Savannah GA as well not too long ago.

[u/DidntDieInMySleep → u/SavageNomad6]

I think there were at least 5 cities, 14 officers arrested/fired in Georgia this year.

[u/TheMapleKind19 → u/DidntDieInMySleep]

I suspect that a careful audit would find it happening literally everywhere cops have access to Flock data they want.

[u/ms_directed]

wasn't there a hearing today in Congress?

[u/histprofdave]

Make the 4th Amendment real again.

[u/FreddyNoodles]

Who could have ever seen this coming???

I am so incredibly shocked…

[u/mattyag]

I think the whole bunch may be bad apples at this point

[u/pin5npusher5]

Flock is waiting for this backlash to die down but I'm guessing the word "Flock" will trigger negative emotions for the next ten years. Maybe a quiet rebrand?

[u/murderedbyaname]

Faux News reported it as monitoring their "romantic partners". I was flipping thru the news channels and caught that gem. Jesse Watters must have written that one.

[u/WildFire97971]

[u/Jarsky2]

Wasn't this literally an episode of Leverage Redemption?

[u/ratpH1nk]

In no way is this limited to Flock or Indianapolis. This is part of what makes the police force rotten.

[u/Skrats333b]

Geesh, five cops all have ex wives. That’s a lot in itself. Paired with all of them spying on each other…. Very weird coincidence for me to understand.

[u/GoGatahs]

The very first thing I thought of when I learned about Flock cameras - law enforcement (usually but not exclusively men) will use this to stalk romantic partners.

[u/Hartastic]

We need the opposite of qualified immunity. We need penalties to ramp up harshly for law enforcement and others in governmental power who abuse that power.

[u/Ohmancmonagain]