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bjorn_identityon MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood

Fuck yah. If they can know where you are without your permission, in likely violation of the constitution, paid for by your tax dollars you should at the very least be able to know where they are.

It is absolutely insane that Flock CEO Garret Lagnley explicitly called the creators of the deflock map terrorists.

See also: Joshua Michael's dataset showing 300k flock camera locations

bjorn_identityon A Chicago-area college told Flock to remove its cameras. The company refused

We've also seen cases where cities cancel, but cameras stay running for months and months.

And cases where cities are out of contract and Flock keeps the cameras running for months (or years) without a new contract.

And we've seen flock replacing cameras without actually charging for replacement, even for cities that have had their contracts end.

-> Pretty sure Flock just wants to capture the data at all costs. They'd probably go the other way and PAY cities/schools/HOAs to install their cameras just so they can harvest the patterns of our lives. Once again, we are the product.

bjorn_identityon YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to track police vehicles, gets police visit

Citizens sometime commit crime. The Police justify indiscriminate gathering of evidence preemptively against all citizens using Flock based on the rationale that when a crime does end up being committed, the evidence will already be gathered.

Well, guess what? Police also commit crime. The same justification applies. If Flock is justified, this is justified.