Just like the Washington judge who ordered that Flock footage be made available under the Public Records Act, I’m less worried about surveillance than I am about the poor security and hack-ability of these devices.
The Fourth Amendment only protects places and activities where a person has “a reasonable expectation of privacy” ever since Katz v. U.S. in 1967. We are REQUIRED to hang license plates on our cars so that they may be identified in public places and while using taxpayer-funded roadways. No reasonable expectation of privacy. If someone robs a bank or runs over an old lady in a crosswalk, why wouldn’t we want the cops to be able to identify them?
My issue is that Flock is making local police PAY to gather information that Flock can monetize, a double rip-off of the taxpayer. Flock does this with unsecure cheapskate tech that is easily hacked and turned into bot-nets and WiFi skimmers — and that bad actors can skim and modify using AI to create false evidence. The problem isn’t “privacy” it’s profit.
Western society despite its protestations is not a democracy. The populace is to be surveilled, managed, and controlled by our betters. As our quality of life continues to decline, our betters will gleefully unleash their robot dogs upon us. Elite panic is real and it’s coming for us. I sincerely hope I’m wrong, but I’m not.
No, Brian. I don't think you're wrong. They've made themselves mad with desire and entitlement. This will end in a crash of some sort. I'm certain of it.
Just like the Washington judge who ordered that Flock footage be made available under the Public Records Act, I’m less worried about surveillance than I am about the poor security and hack-ability of these devices.
The Fourth Amendment only protects places and activities where a person has “a reasonable expectation of privacy” ever since Katz v. U.S. in 1967. We are REQUIRED to hang license plates on our cars so that they may be identified in public places and while using taxpayer-funded roadways. No reasonable expectation of privacy. If someone robs a bank or runs over an old lady in a crosswalk, why wouldn’t we want the cops to be able to identify them?
My issue is that Flock is making local police PAY to gather information that Flock can monetize, a double rip-off of the taxpayer. Flock does this with unsecure cheapskate tech that is easily hacked and turned into bot-nets and WiFi skimmers — and that bad actors can skim and modify using AI to create false evidence. The problem isn’t “privacy” it’s profit.
Western society despite its protestations is not a democracy. The populace is to be surveilled, managed, and controlled by our betters. As our quality of life continues to decline, our betters will gleefully unleash their robot dogs upon us. Elite panic is real and it’s coming for us. I sincerely hope I’m wrong, but I’m not.
No, Brian. I don't think you're wrong. They've made themselves mad with desire and entitlement. This will end in a crash of some sort. I'm certain of it.
Thomas
Sometimes I fear I have become a cynical, nihilistic curmudgeon. FWIW, I long for the days when I was a Boy Scout.
Cheers, my friend.
So we need to tell our local elected officials to get the flock out of here?