• jtrek@startrek.website
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    1 day ago

    Maybe we should do it. A lot of conservative types have shit empathy and only really understand things when it’s happening to them.

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        24 hours ago

        Conservative ideology and radicalization generally also tends to be built out of a persecution complex, so I’m not sure if that will have the intended result.

        Whether it’d be just and appropriate or not though, is another story

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          23 hours ago

          Conservative ideology and radicalization generally also tends to be built out of a persecution complex, so I’m not sure if that will have the intended result.

          They already believe, and behave, as if they’re being persecuted, even when they’re not. We’re already seeing the results of their mental illness. Might as well actually help the rest of society by making them see what it actually looks like.

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      22 hours ago

      We don’t even need to build our own system. Flock data is owned by the government, and thus available for the public to request via FOIA

      We own the data, let’s get requests for it

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        20 hours ago

        Except these cameras are likely excluded from areas that lawmakers exist in. It would be dystopian to expect elected officials to live under surveillance Of their every move! /s

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          20 hours ago

          I live a couple blocks from my state governor and there are plenty of Flock cams here. I’m sure the private gated suburbs might not have them inside, but they will be on the roads connecting between them, so FOIA is actually a great idea.

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            Actually, many HOAs have been installing Flock cameras because that shit is right up the alley of something an HOA president would want.

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            19 hours ago

            Surely they have their own cameras on the inside, Ring doorbell cams etc.

            The article mentioned that citizens can opt their privately-owned cameras into the system. Now I’m curious - in places with that kind of system what is the rate of opt-ins among those with power vs. the general population.

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          Where I live there is a bridge that is the only way out of the city on the North and East. I can guarantee elected officials are using it too

          It has a Flock camera on either side. Also the main road along the river has 3 cameras covering a 360 degree view

          The cameras here are set to maximize the number of people tracked

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        17 hours ago

        Flock data is owned by the government? That’s kinda crazy. I assumed they just paid for access. Something doesn’t sound right.

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      23 hours ago

      Also a lot of conservatives- especially conservative politicians- maybe need the ah, “oversight”.