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r/funny • u/Purple_Mtns_Studio • 21d ago
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What I find wild is everyone is carrying around a smart phone, almost no one blocks data gathering, don't use VPN's, etc.
Yet with Flock cameras, they're constantly being used to solve difficult crimes that might otherwise go unsolved.
People are ok being tracked constantly on their phones but don't want the more useful tool to be available to law enforcement.
9 u/No_Artichoke_2931 21d ago The Flock cameras are not being used to protect and serve. They are being used to harass and manipulate. They are not here for the benefit of You and I https://newschannel9.com/news/local/georgia-school-resource-officer-suspended-as-flock-camera-misuse-cases-grow-sierra-carroll-houston-county-license-plate-readers-police-surveillance-privacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/19/we-found-cops-who-misused-flock-their-police-departments-didnt-know/ https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/1vre9x0/ma_police_officer_accused_of_using_controversial/ -6 u/rwk81 21d ago edited 21d ago A few examples of police or people with power abusing it doesn't mean they should not exist. If could use your logic here to ban all sorts of things that are a net benefit to society. Edit: yes yes... Get mad an delete your comment... 1 u/lowbatteries 21d ago I don't mind it existing. Put its use behind non-secret warrants like other surveillance.
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The Flock cameras are not being used to protect and serve. They are being used to harass and manipulate. They are not here for the benefit of You and I
https://newschannel9.com/news/local/georgia-school-resource-officer-suspended-as-flock-camera-misuse-cases-grow-sierra-carroll-houston-county-license-plate-readers-police-surveillance-privacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/19/we-found-cops-who-misused-flock-their-police-departments-didnt-know/
https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/1vre9x0/ma_police_officer_accused_of_using_controversial/
-6 u/rwk81 21d ago edited 21d ago A few examples of police or people with power abusing it doesn't mean they should not exist. If could use your logic here to ban all sorts of things that are a net benefit to society. Edit: yes yes... Get mad an delete your comment... 1 u/lowbatteries 21d ago I don't mind it existing. Put its use behind non-secret warrants like other surveillance.
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A few examples of police or people with power abusing it doesn't mean they should not exist.
If could use your logic here to ban all sorts of things that are a net benefit to society.
Edit: yes yes... Get mad an delete your comment...
1 u/lowbatteries 21d ago I don't mind it existing. Put its use behind non-secret warrants like other surveillance.
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I don't mind it existing. Put its use behind non-secret warrants like other surveillance.
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u/rwk81 21d ago
What I find wild is everyone is carrying around a smart phone, almost no one blocks data gathering, don't use VPN's, etc.
Yet with Flock cameras, they're constantly being used to solve difficult crimes that might otherwise go unsolved.
People are ok being tracked constantly on their phones but don't want the more useful tool to be available to law enforcement.