đI think this is largely true. Thereâs a post going around (canât find it currently) saying basically âkeep the pressure up against Flockâ and lists several examples of wins from public pressure to âde-flockâ. First on the list is the LAPD. Example of another such post:
Hmmm. đâsort ofâ. But you have to look at the details. And whoâs making money along the wayâŚas always.
You really have to look into Flock and the funding. First off it started live in 2017 and is supported by a variety of federal funding.
Here we are some NINE years later screaming BS. NINE YEARS LATER!!! And you might say ok it took a while to figure out how insane it is but understand someone, somewhere thought the entire concept was a great idea. MANY had to agree to it. A fantastic idea. Your rights be damned letâs do thisâŚand make some money. AND get the taxpayers to pay for it. And people in the government said âokey dokeyâŚbut I need my kickback tooâ. Same as every last corrupt thing. Everyone along the way was wrong. Think how many people that involved at the local, state, federal levels. Thousands.
A 2017 start means it went exponential during Trumpâs first term. Why? How? Argument could be made he largely or entirely didnât know because swamp gonna swamp. And he made some bad personnel hires too. The entire process could have been concealed from him and those most trusted. I feel thatâs a very valid argument. But yet here we are.
Biden admin took the exponential growth and made it go thermonuclear. Naturally.
âWe won against the LAPDâŚkeep it upâ.
OhâŚitâs paused not canceled. Ok but maybe thatâs semantics.
Cameras still in place. LAPD canât access the data PREVIOUSLY paid for via taxpayers money. (That is an ironic good thing BTW but the return on financial investment is poor of course)
And the convo centers around data privacy and use. Which should have been the very first thing talked about in 2017âŚbut it wasnât. At all.
Talks going forward center around a new contract. Not getting rid of the cameras. And LAPD owning the dataâŚ
Sounds good or at least âbetterâ until you put it togetherâŚitâs the exact same thing just word games. When operational, there was no difference who actually owned the data. It didnât matter. Flock just got pissed they werent gonna have their contract renewed so they took their toys (the data) and went home. But they still have the data. And the cameras are still there. And when funding returns for a different brand name they will do the same thing.
âOh but it will be different because the LAPD will own the dataâ
You think the LAPD isnât going to share the data with the state and Feds? This is by very nature a police surveillance state.
Bottom line there was some optics and theaterâŚbut it didnât go away. Itâs just gonna get rebranded. As always happens. The program is itself unconstitutional and needs to just go away. Entirely in public places.
If you really want the deep dive get on X and just search for âflockâ. Youâll get an instant masters class on it all.
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