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Today, in the morning update, anti-Flock outrage has become bipartisan, but for entirely different reasons. People on the right want privacy and protections from the capricious surveillance state, while people on the left…don’t want the Feds, or local police, seeing or finding their criminals, foreign or domestic. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the … Read more
Flock cameras and the online surveillance network behind them offer many ways for law enforcement officials and other government bureaucrats to abuse their access to information about taxpayers’ personal lives. For example, a Kentucky police officer has been caught using the surveillance network to stalk women. Another officer in Massachusetts has been accused of using Flock cameras to … Read more
The flock situation has certainly gotten out of hand in both directions. The deployment and abuse, as well as the reaction to both. But it can’t be all that surprising. Most of this activity occurs at the municipal level, and 70% of voters are inclined to let 25-30% decide everything. Guess why your taxes suck, … Read more
The rapid spread of public surveillance cameras represents something far more consequential than a new piece of police technology. It represents a fundamental change in the relationship between the individual and the state. These cameras allow government agents to record, identify, catalog and retroactively track the movements of people who have committed no crime, are … Read more
It is entirely true that Flock Cameras are collecting all sorts of information about you and that, whether private or public, they create a database that could be used against you. You’ve heard stories, not all of which will be true. But the tech exists to do all the worst things you could imagine anyone … Read more
Should we give more time for a new trial? Also, Flock camera chaos! This week, on The New England Take, Veto Day at the New Hampshire State House will be August 18th, NH Rep. Buzz Scherr talks about NH HB1422 (relative to the time to petition for a new trial), a bipartisan bill. Also, we discuss … Read more
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984 While Americans remain transfixed by the political circus—cheering for their preferred party, jeering at the opposition, obsessing over every manufactured outrage and waiting for the next spectacle—the Surveillance … Read more
Today, on the morning update, with Dems all uppity about body-worn cameras (they demanded) and privacy, it seemed like a good time to ask about the growing Flock “Safety” Camera surveillance state. Ep. 106 links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – … Read more