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I want that world to be one
where
we trust one another,
a world where newcomers to
the community
are greeted with open arms
and kindness.
Flock is not that.
Where we could be spending
our money,
uniting our community and
building it
into something for everyone
to trust in,
we instead send it to
unproven tech oligarchs
to invade THAT IS NOT
WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FLOCK.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF
IT,
A FLOCK CAMERA,
BUT THE CHANCES ARE THAT
DESPITE
THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN
SURVEILLED BY ONE OR BY
TECHNOLOGY JUST LIKE IT.
THEIR LICENSE PLATE READERS
OFFICIALLY,
UNOFFICIALLY THEY'RE MUCH
MORE.
THEY'VE BEEN USED BY
A WISCONSIN MAN WHO BOUGHT
MARIJUANA ACROSS
STATE LINES.
IN OHIO, A POLICE OFFICER
IS
THAT ARE CAUSED OF USING
FLOCK
CAMERAS TO TRACK A ROMAN
TIC
PARTNER IMPROPERLY.
AND PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY
PRETTY CONCERNED
ABOUT IT LIKE THE COMPANY
YOU JUST HEARD
FROM IN FRIDLEY,
MINNESOTA AT A TOWN HALL
OUT THERE.
EVERY SINGLE STATE IN THIS
UNION USES THEM EXCEPT FOR
FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA.
AND THE COMPANY HAS
CONTRACTS
WITH 7 ,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES,
40 % OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
IN THE UNITED
STATES ACCORDING TO THE NEW
YORK TIMES.
FLOCK'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
GARRETT LANGLEY
THEY ACKNOWLEDGED IN AN
INTERVIEW WITH
THE TIMES THAT THEIR
TECHNOLOGY RAISES
COMPLICATED ISSUES.
HE SAYS IT'S QUOTE GOING TO
BE AN ONGOING DEBATE
PROBABLY FOREVER.
WE SHOULD HAVE THIS DEBATE
DEBATE,
AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE OUR POINT OF
VIEW AS A SOCIETY OF WHAT
WE'RE COMFORTABLE
WITH AND WHAT LEVEL OF
SAFETY WE WANT.
THAT DEBATE,
WE ARE JUST AT IT'S JUST
THE BEGINNING OF IT.
AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF
UNANIMITY IN HOW PEOPLE
FEEL
ABOUT IT IS NOT HARD TO
IMAGINE
HOW FAR TECHNOLOGY LIKE
THIS COULD GO,
POTENTIALLY USING IT FOR
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT,
TRACKING WOMEN TRYING TO
GET ABORTIONS,
ET CETERA,
TRACKING PEOPLE'S
ATTENDANCE AT POLITICAL
EVENTS,
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS.
IT'S A LOT AND VOTERS ON
ALL SIDES
OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THIS.
AND IT'S MAKING FOR STRANGE
BEDFELLOWS,
WHICH MEANS THEY'RE
POTENTIALLY
POTENT DEMANDS FOR CHANGE.