alt Hacker NewsI am surprised how overwhelmingly negative the comments are here. I would have expected at least a few voices defending Flock.
I'll step in and add a voice. Ultimately, Flock is solving a real problem with crime. This is why police departments when them.
Stopping Flock doesn't address the need that got police departments to use them. If you want to "stop flock", you need to address that need better.
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Agreed. Flock has been a key contributor in solving numerous crimes. I'm happy for Flock to be in my county and would like the police to have more access to technology like this, not less.
I am not American, but in my extremely dangerous country we have many privately-operated cameras and I don’t know a single person who is against them. We also have strict privacy laws.
So I was disappointed by what felt like very weak arguments in the article. Basically seems to come down it “it can be abused”. But many things can be abused. The solution is to fix the abuse problem.
I’d like to hear stronger arguments against these devices, so that I’m better informed locally.
"stopping a real problem with crime" i.e. employing mass surveillance to hunt down women who want to terminate a pregnancy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas...