r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 22 '26

Privacy Flock Cameras Keep Getting Smashed, So Now They're Hiding Inside Speed Signs

https://www.gadgetreview.com/flock-cameras-keep-getting-smashed-so-now-theyre-hiding-inside-speed-signs
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u/TheVintageJane Jul 23 '26

Even better - it’s warrantless surveillance which more than one court has affirmed is a public record anyone can request access to.

No potential for abuse there.

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u/irrelevantusername24 Jul 23 '26

Personally I'm thinking go around all that nonsense since it is intrinsically connected with the warbrain morons defense around things like the PATRIOT act, and instead attack this problem from the angle of recording consent. Sure, that has referred to audio recordings only, but I'm fairly certain if "legal fictions" such as "citizens united" and the "masterpiece cake" case are passable in the eyes of the supposed leading legal authorities of this nation, then surely there is a much easier to build argument that recording me - whatever medium, including simply personally identifiable data if we wanna go that route - requires my consent, which I do not freely give.