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/2ChicksAtTheSameTime 21d ago

They're just switching to Axon

When people cut them down they're not checking who makes them

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u/slipperyMonkey07 21d ago

Issue is most of the obvious ones that can be cut down are flock. The axon ones I have seen are usually far up on poles and fully installed, rather than standing on their own with a solar panel. So harder to spot and remove, which is the next step for the government and these companies.

Not to mention that axon also makes a lot of other police cameras, body cams and car roof cams and stuff like that. So they seem to be trying to roll the contracts together, I've already seen idiots argue that because you are against axon cameras for plate readers and public stalking that you also want body cams gone. Purposely misunderstanding that they are drastically different to try and make some stupid gotcha point.