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[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 7 points 8 hours ago

When the worst person you know has a good idea...

[-] dRLY@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 hours ago

If it does get far enough to be introduced and to actual vote. I am guessing there will be a massive push by Flock to flood news outlets and lobbyists to how "successfully bad guys were caught" or otherwise "prevented." Probably lock-in on any instance(s) involving children being protected/found. With any and all misleading stats downplaying the actual levels of spying on literally everyone not doing anything illegal (or that children are being scanned and added to those growing databases). And the fucked up cases of false positives that drag those people into court, job losses from being accused/arrested, and financial losses from the first two.

[-] leftOverLife@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

But what about the poor executives?!?!

/s

[-] A_be_seedy@beehaw.org 8 points 11 hours ago

I actually saw some praise on Flock today on Facebook. Youre probably right

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 15 points 12 hours ago

What about Motorola and Axon cameras? They all need to go, no exceptions.

[-] archy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago
[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 63 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

And remove and destroy all of the installed ones...right? Right?

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Flock around and find out

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 23 points 16 hours ago

Aren’t most of them funded by local governments anyway?

(And then when the city councils or residents vote to stop it, the cops leave them up anyway?)

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 15 hours ago

federal bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock-style automated license plate reader cameras

This is so such local governments have other funding withdrawn until they get rid of the cameras, presumably

[-] hash@slrpnk.net 6 points 12 hours ago

My local government had funds offered by a federal grant they didn't apply for. A neighboring county had applied for the federal grant, received a ton of money, and was dishing it out to police across the region.

Sounds like the police have too much money...

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Between this and local police working with ICE, it feels like a federal government takeover of everything. The sheriff of a neighboring county has his salary paid by ICE/DHS, and that isn't right. Federalized police departments.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

This will never be passed because most of the people benefitting from Flock are the ones who will vote on the bill.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 7 points 9 hours ago

You think politicians like that them and their family member's every move is being tracked?

That puts them at risk

[-] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

They believe it will only be used against the plebs.

[-] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 6 points 9 hours ago

politicians like political donations.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 9 hours ago

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[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 10 points 16 hours ago

One can hope

this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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