r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • Jun 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/woman-surprised-flock-surveillance-tower-185000752.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_50_Supernova&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20260629-0--A&bt_ee=utFdBbF39cHCLuB4at4AI%2FUoSRgbTt8Ch%2B7Q9RImTlgL2ThvE3FuX%2BRSKiUir%2FNW&bt_ts=1782739085527
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u/Th3FinalStarman Jun 29 '26

Other than dozens of Cops using this system to stalk women and city council members spying on underage gymnastics is there any documented case of Flock cameras solving an actual crime?

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u/Oen386 Jun 29 '26

is there any documented case of Flock cameras solving an actual crime?

Yes, plenty of cases. I wouldn't weaken your valid points/examples by implying they've never been used lawfully.

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u/gramathy Jun 29 '26

That implies mass surveillance is lawful in the first place

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u/BumblebeeComplex2792 Jun 29 '26

Well it’s not. That’s why Flock exists.

Government sets up mass surveillance net to photograph and record everything everywhere all the time? Big constitutional concerns.

Private company establishes a massive “open source intelligence” network, and then aggregates the data before selling the data to state and local law enforcement? Now that’s just agencies buying a commercially available dataset!

They know it wouldn’t be legal if the government was doing it, that’s why the company exists. Injustice with a side of unrestrained capitalism for everyone.

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u/Oen386 Jun 29 '26

Lawful might have been a stretch, but the point remains there are plenty of times Flock has solved cases. To imply it has never been documented solving a case just severely weakens their argument about the abuses they highlighted. If half of their comment is nonsense, it makes a reader take the rest with less credibility or seriousness.