Their platform lacks some big capabilities that the feds / ICE like to exploit. Most importantly, a national network. It’s all local.

Still creepy surveillance, but Flock is much worse.

Axon, simply, does not have a national network. Meaning that it would not be possible for cops in one jurisdiction to search cameras across the country.

The apps for alerting you for the BLE IDs of pervert glasses also serve as proximity alarm for dangerous gangs since basically every person wearing an Axon product emits Axon Bluetooth IDs.

They don't have a national database yet, I guess that's the best we can get :(

When devs tease a new enemy mob but it's just a recolor.....

The thing with network-connected components is that who they can talk to and what data they can correlate is almost entirely a function of software and configuration. The Axon cameras today could be part of a national network tomorrow if the company were so inclined.

This is a company. If that company believes it can make more money by pushing an invasive, legal, software update, they're very likely to do that. The fact that they're touting the fact that they don't do that is not an ethical stance, it's a marketing strategy.

Even so, there's going to be just as little restraint and oversight in this product as the last one. Scope wasn't the issue, it's that the companies are collecting more data than they say they are and police are using them to find crime, not just investigate crime.

"Everyone should use System X! It's preferable because not many people use it!"

:-)

Actually, flock isn't a camera company, their actual product is systems that link all available cameras and monitoring devices into a panopticon interface

So I'm almost certain these are flock cameras, or at least hook into the same system

I will never run for any office. I feel like the campaign part would kill my chances of being elected.

The people who are forced to get to know me always say the same thing.

"I thought you were like some kind of animal abusing serial killer! You just give off serial killer vibes. But now that I know you, I know that's way off."

So I don't think the people would ever choose me.

But if I were in a place of power, first thing I'd do is introduce the 20% tax rule. I don't care if you make 10 dollars a year, or 10 trillion dollars a year. You pay 20% flat for everyone.

Next thing I'd do is beef up the IRS.

I'd have the IRS preparing a temporary tax return before you even get your W2. The IRS would know what your tax return is supposed to look like. So it you don't file, or you file very wrong, the IRS moves your return to a team to review. This would be done on a case by case basis.

A lot of these reviews would be correcting simple mistakes. There would be no penalty for these mistakes, though you would need to pay any taxes that hadn't been paid.

If you're found to have tried to cheat the system, either through unclaimed earnings, or offshore accounts, or whatever, 20 years in jail. No bail.

And here's the thing. That money would then go back into the communities. I'd set up food banks in any city that doesn't have them. I'd fund them. I've only ever been to one food bank. The shelves were bare. All the food was off brand. People were treated like cattle. It was very dehumanizing. Which I'm sure is the point.

I'd make them feel like any other grocery store.

I'd also put EVERYONE on snap. Yes, even elon musk. Regardless of your earnings, you get SNAP too.

I'd also include SNAP to include things like toilet paper, and toothpaste, and soap, and any other product that may not be food, but is something that people have a need for daily living.

Then, I'd buy either land, or apartment buildings in really rich areas. I'd make these apartments free for everybody. It would be a slow shift, but studies have proven that cities grow when lower class and upper class people live in and routinely share the same environment. I suspect it would also lower racism. Can't be mad at "all these immigrants", if they're also your neighbors and friends.

I would set up daycares with free daycare. And I'd want these daycares to be under-utilized. I want there to be a situation where if some parent had an emergancy, and needed daycare for 1 day, the daycare would be able to accept the extra child no problem.

I'd also set up universal basic income. It would be paid for by taxes leftover after all the other programs. And it may not be much. It would fluctuate every month. It would also come with a warning NOT to rely on UBI as your only source of income. Because some months might be WAAAAAY lower than other months. It's basically the remainder.

It also means that rich people won't like UBI. As they'll pay 20%, same as everybody else, but they'll recieve a fraction of what they paid. Whereas a poor person will feel rich.

I'd also have to find a way to control inflation, as these policies will make things go crazy in the short term.

But when voters see me? They'd probably think I was going to take out a rusty hook and peel their skin off.