• hamsamrich@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Axion is the real threat! Been around for a long time too. Not to mention the dozens of other companies that are currently operating surveillance cameras over most intersections in America.

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    But who pays for and authorises the cameras? Is this any different than me asking the contractor who installed the ULEZ cameras on my commute(*) to take them down, when I should have complained to the council

    (*) Made up scenario

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    Could someone please explain an European what is up with Flock? Who installed them, where and why? And at whom’s behest?

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      flock is installed as part of a mass surveillance apparatus by a company based in the US, is ANOTHER SAM altman-look alike, it uses AI to track people, cars, every little detail, even phone signals/apps. Thiel heavily invested in it. the flock cameras started to appear over residential areas, colleges, low income areas more than actual traffic areas like roads, highways,etc. by 2026, 300k+ was already installed, from less than 100k a year ago. they are doing this quickly so they can say there is too much to take down(City governments were totally complicit up until people were destroying them.

      they started to appear in Canada already, i dont about EU yet. and yes its aligned with trump,ICE, palantir goals.

      it is important where the flock cameras are targeting, everywhere people are likely to have anti-fascist gatherings, movements, protests,etc.

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        Thx for the explanation but… Who is financing all of this? I mean, the infrastructure alone, that can’t be cheap. Is it out of Flock’s own funds? Did the authorities ask for these to be installed? Don’t you need some kind of paperwork to install these? Idk, nevermind who / where they’re tracking… The data they track is a huge breach of privacy, don’t the US have any laws against that, wtf?!

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          its your local govt, if not trump is doing it nationally. theres a reason cities are not giving pushback at all on the AI datacenters, until recently. they want to monitor people potentially threatening thier political elected positions.