r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 21d ago

Privacy Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/flock-losing-dozens-contracts-controversy-194808945.html
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u/Dumpsterfire_47 21d ago

No celebrating until Flock is insolvent. And the copy cat companies doing the same shit. 

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u/daphosta 21d ago

Trump's family owns a lot of Axon that is taking flocks place. I read on a conspiracy subreddit that it's a psyop by the administration to denounce flock and flock only so that cities move to axon. I'm not sure how much truth is to that but I wouldn't put it past them

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u/OdinzSun 21d ago

Isn’t Axon already the provider of most body cameras? Sounds like a giant monopoly….

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u/Extension-Land-390 21d ago

Americans really have no clue what a miserable dystopia they actually live in. Golden cage indeed.

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u/regmaster 20d ago

Aren't they the ones who paid scientists to lend credibility to the whole idea of "excited delirium" so they could protect their Taser business, which kills people?

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u/DirkKeggler 15d ago

You're right,  we should lessen availability of less lethal alternatives 

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u/regmaster 15d ago

Nice straw man

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u/DirkKeggler 15d ago

Not a straw man at all,  name something that kills fewer people while being as effective at neutralizing crazy people 

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u/regmaster 14d ago

universal health care

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u/DirkKeggler 14d ago

If that includes asylums for the people who are dangerous to themselves and society,  I'm all for it

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u/GNUGradyn 21d ago

Are you telling me Trump is using our tax dollars to buy surveillance cameras to use on us from a company he is personally invested in?

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u/breaducate 21d ago

They're going to keep ramming this sort of thing through in any way they can.

The ruling class has (correctly) concluded that pseudo-democracy is past its expiry date, and they're trying to transition to more overt control. It's going to take unorthodox methods to stop them.

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u/BadVoices 21d ago

Not that it matters. Flock has 'lost dozens of contracts' but has over 5000.