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One of the thing I want things I want to
explain for the listeners and the
viewers too is these are not what you're
used to. Everyone's used to the red
light traffic cameras that take your
picture if you go through a red light.
You're committing an actual
quote unquote crime, right? It's not a
I'm sure there's lawyers out there
that'll be like, "Well, Frank, it's a
misdemeanor or something violation."
Right? You're doing something you
shouldn't be doing, right? But you are
running a red light. Everyone's familiar
with those. These cameras though are a
lot more subtle in that they're all
black. They look like they blend in
almost. They're very easy to miss
because of the size they are. They
usually go up on these poles with these
small They do not need or require much
power. So, a very basic kind of solar
panel is something that can power these
things. So, they're very easy to miss.
They're something that is just rather
innocuous and they're sitting out there.
So when individuals when you're thinking
about this and what's interesting is on
Reddit there have been several posts
that I love the there's a subreddit
called what is it right and it basically
is a subreddit that specifically discuss
is hey I see this I don't know what it
is here's a photo of it can somebody
tell me what it is the thing that's
really gross is half the time they're
like oh yeah that's an infection or
those are you know bacterial molds or
something along those lines in like
hotel rooms or whatever and it's like
yikes or they find like I'm going to
double down on that one, they find weird
red spots in the on the hotel mattress
and it's like, well, guess what? You got
bed bugs. It's it's it's gnarly. But in
this case, what we've been seeing a lot
more of on that subreddit are these odd
things that kind of look like cameras,
which they do, if you look close enough,
look like cameras, but not in the
traditional sense that you're used to.
And more and more often, people are
realizing, well, these are surveillance
cameras. These are these quote unquote
license plate reader cameras that are
out there. And it's really interesting
because when people, as I mentioned,
when people think about this, they don't
think about just the camera themselves.
They think of big brother, right? They
think, "Hey, somebody's monitoring me."
But what's actually happening here is
it's something a bit more arguably
insidious. It's profitering. It's a
profit a for-profit company that's out
there. And this specifically is called
Flock Surveillance. And I want to talk a
little bit about who this organization
is, who is Flock, what they're doing,
and where they came from. It was founded
in 2017 by a bunch of Georgia Tech, I
think, uh, yeah, Georgia Tech graduates,
uh, alumni who came together under CEO
Garrett Langley. And what was
interesting is they kind of put two and
two together, something you and I have
seen more in the past. They took this
idea of a small camera that could be
powered and so forth, and they decided
to go and get some VC funding, and they
did. They were able to get some VC
funding and get back get back into the
tune of $275
million. And I got to tell you right
now, Dustin, separate from all this, we
just need to find the people with a ton
of money because of all the ideas we
have, the main main ingredient that
we're missing is $275 million, I think,
at this point. Not that I'd want to use
ingredient, too. That's like the flour
for the bread, right? Like if you just
mix a bunch of water and salt together,
it's not going to do anything. how hell
of an ingredient these