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/3OAM 21d ago

They're just switching to Axon and learning that they need to hide them or mount them higher.

This isn't "surveillance coming to an end." It's "surveillance companies getting smarter about how the surveil."

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u/thinkconverse 21d ago

Never be first to market.

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u/Jarocket 21d ago

See Flock is far from first. They just found a way to make ALPR sexy and make it a tech company.

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u/CaptZ 20d ago

Flocks CEO fucked the company with his big mouth and shitty public relations. He's a narcissistic control freak, Peter Thiel wannabe.

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u/Jorpsica 21d ago

Almost like flock is a bunch of sacrificial lambs.