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Comment This guy is a douche (Score 1) 58

In doing so, Langley positioned Flock as an advance in technology that was somewhat inevitable. He stressed that if people wanted to live in a better society -- that is, one with reduced crime -- they would have to offer up their privacy in return. [...]

Nowhere is anyone asking me if I want this. There is no opt out. This is not a choice I get to make. This is the fears of a few driving the ship. The reason the Constitutional Amendments exist is to prevent this sort of surveillance and from fearful citizens giving up those freedoms that keep the government in check.

Comment Re: Not Flock (Score 1) 125

Where was the detective in this scenario? They lied about damages to her vehicle to get an arrest warrant because they had no proof. They also refused to care that the license plate and color of the vehicle did not match. A nine year could have realized this didn't make sense. If a detective was paid to think here, he should be fired.

Comment Who let the reason for a warrantless search be opt (Score 1) 172

Those in charge who let this get deployed with the reason for the search being optional are the most egregious offenders. If that is a design choice by the manufacturers or the police is irrelevant. The statement is loudly displayed that they don't even need a reason to search much less a warrant. Bad faith from the start if you ask me about the constitutionality.

Comment Re:He acts like he's not the problem. (Score 0) 38

All the people who work with Matt Mullenweg don't like him? Let's look at this with a little bit of thought. When the tensions escalated around his standoff with WP Engine, he offered a special buyout package to any employee that wanted to leave. 159 employees accepted the buyout offer amounting to 8.9 percent of the staff. What you're suggesting is that 91.1 percent of the staff stayed to work there despite not liking him or his practices. The number is much more nuanced than your simplistic representation. Even in jest your comment is egregious.

Comment Re:Good or bad? (Score 1) 132

Now I agree "mass surveillance" is creepy, but we can have Flock without mass surveillance.

Mass surveillance is the widespread collection and monitoring of data on large groups of people, usually without specific proof of wrongdoing. This is exactly mass surveillance.

You are arguing that there a benefits to mass surveillance and we should accept them to feel secure in our lives. I disagree with your opinion and think you are naive for thinking mass surveillance won't ever be abused.

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