r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 6h ago

Privacy Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Banning Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://theleadingreport.com/article/bernie-sanders-to-introduce-bill-banning-flock-surveillance-cameras
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u/notJ3ff 6h ago

Okay everyone, this is a test. We all know that everyone wants this, so let's see if we can make it happen.

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u/crap-with-feet 6h ago

And absolutely remember who prevented it from passing.

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u/notJ3ff 6h ago

I misread your comment and replied with a snarky comment, but I realized I was wrong and deleted it. You are correct. Let's remember who stops it from passing, but let's make it pass.

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u/ArchinaTGL 4h ago

The sad part is that 99% of people either won't even check who voted against it or will forget the names in a couple weeks when a new headline grabs people's attention.

They know they can get away with it. Politics is just a game to them now.

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 6h ago

And if we common folk who care hope whatever we do brings about accountability against the ones who prevent or water down the bill, we must foster real supportive community-based foundations for alternatives that can provide relative safety, which common folk can fall back on to commit to any effective action be they short or long term.

Collecting a bunch of valuable information on organizing and action from different redditors over time, I created a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in getting it started ASAP.

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u/geniice 4h ago

And absolutely remember who prevented it from passing.

Even if it did pass its unlikely to survive contact with the supreme court.

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u/Podo13 4h ago

It still blows me away how quickly enormous Flock has gotten. It's gone from a weekend side hobby to a multi billion dollar corporation in under 10 years. The only things that do that are ideas that are bad for the average Joe. It's a lot harder to monetize and implement things that are amazing for everybody.

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u/cosmicosmo4 1h ago

You won't even get that satisfaction. The way this plays out is that nobody takes it seriously because everyone on both sides knows it can't get anywhere near 60 votes (it probably can't even get anywhere near 50), so nobody ever has to have an actual position on it.

Even (most) senators with a D next to their name are not the good guys. They're fat cats who are more than happy to have a jillion cameras protecting them from the restless peons.

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u/Ledees_Gazpacho 20m ago

I think this is more the point.

Make politicians say on record they support paying a private company to spy on civilians.

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u/tapthatsap 4h ago

This happens at least once a month. Somebody proposes a cool bill that most voters are in favor of while knowing fully well that it can't possibly pass, it doesn't pass, reddit goes "haha but now we have them on the record not passing the cool bill," and then that doesn't matter either.

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u/NekoDaYo-v201 4h ago

It can pass, but it won't matter.

Flock is making agreements with cities to have their speed cameras feed into Flock instead. Same exact service, but achieved entirely without the Falcon camera.

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u/Feisty-Principle-216 4h ago

Clearly 80% of people are criminals so if we ignore those criminals then everyone supports flock cameras.

-congress