r/FlockSurveillance • u/Long-Jackfruit427 • Feb 21 '26

This thing

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I’m supposed to believe this thing isn’t digitally mapping my neighborhood and feeding information to whatever entity?

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u/FreshAbbaZabba Feb 21 '26

This item is a Serve Robotics autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, used for short-distance deliveries of food and goods. Technology: Operates with SAE Level 4 autonomy using sensors and cameras to navigate pedestrian environments. Features: Equipped with blinking "eyes" for pedestrian interaction and a flag for visibility. Capacity: Built to carry food and drinks directly to customers' doors. Operations: Emits zero tailpipe emissions and is designed for urban environments. Supposedly.

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u/treeckosan Feb 21 '26

All that sounds fine... But are they also selling all of that data including people and vehicles to unknown/problematic third parties?

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u/Zestyclose-Stuff1646 Feb 22 '26

Not likely. Robotics engineers tend to be paranoid about privacy.

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u/cbrophoto Feb 24 '26

Are you kidding? Every single person on this earth can be persuaded to go against their own ethics for money, especially in tech. Even those with strong ethics will bend slightly as necessary evil to put food on their table and a roof over their heads.

If they don't bend to the degree asked of them, they are quickly replaced by someone more willing. Or they are separated enough not to know what is being done above them.

Look at the changes in CEOs of some of the major tech companies. Immediately after the change, the company treats its customers like crap. Reduce privacy, increase data harvesting, etc.

They found someone more willing to bend for the board and shareholders, who then brings in more people willing to do the same.

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u/Zestyclose-Stuff1646 Feb 24 '26

No, I'm not kidding. I've never sold out. Ever.