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US Cities Cancel 50+ Flock Surveillance Contracts Amid Public Backlash (townflex.com)
submitted 16 hours ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 51 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Watch out for them immediately contracting with Axon instead, which is just as bad.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

lets hope the awareness of axon picking up as much as flock.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 hours ago

We have to keep posting it.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And nexstar, door dash, uber, probably instacart.

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 5 points 7 hours ago

I saw an article about trash trucks putting cameras on them for one of these surveillance companies. Giant fleets of trucks with cameras mounted 15ft high able to see over fences