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extropic-engine | 3 months ago

did you know that flock has a data sharing contract with ring cameras? amazon’s panopticon is much larger. i believe it is on by default and users have to manually opt out, but i don’t have a ring camera to verify.

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garrettlangley|3 months ago

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CharlesW|3 months ago

Only sharing specific clips is opt-in¹, but the program and its notifications are on by default. Maybe not surprisingly, consumers aren't asked if they want to participate, and the option is buried enough that most people will never see it.

¹ I'm being generous here. Police can still obtain Ring footage via warrants or "emergency" requests that don’t involve the user choosing to share anything.

vanc_cefepime|3 months ago

Feel free to place a disclosure that you are a cofounder of Flock.

spaceguillotine|3 months ago

hey, while I have you here Mr CEO, why are you comfortable allowing abusive cops the tech to stalk and harass former partners, I've met women that had ex husbands in the FBI that kept chasing them across country to continue the abuse and your camera systems help enable those acts.

I hope you lose sleep like those women do.

queenkjuul|3 months ago

Texas cops used your data to harass abortion recipients. FBI agents used it to abuse former partners.

You want to make the world safer? Shut down your company.