Post #2103031
2026-02-24 03:27 UTC
Sadly some people do want flock cameras because they think it's worth it to have a better chance of catching criminals even if our personal liberties get taken away. It's the age old freedom vs safety discussion.
Replies (3)
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@Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-24 04:54
Those who sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither
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@muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-24 05:41
Maybe a year or so ago, but now those same people are starting to understand the definition of criminal is flexible.
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@amju_wolf@pawb.social 2026-02-25 12:26
The thing is though you _could_ have both, at least to a degree. You could have much more transparent policing, the cameras could do processing purely locally and based on publicly accessible lists with listed reasons for why the given plates are captured, you could make it so that the only ones who do get the data are actually thr police and not thr company selling the cameras, etc. But that's not in the interest of Flock, or even really the powers that be. The surveillance machine needs feeding, doesn't matter for what cost.