'Flock Safety' and police cam-share programs encourage neighborhoods to spy on the public

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MassPrivateI: 'Flock Safety' and police cam-share programs encourage neighborhoods to spy on the public

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'Flock Safety' and police cam-share programs encourage neighborhoods to spy on the public

A recent article in the Outline reveals that a startup company called Flock Safety is encouraging neighborhoods to spy on each other using wireless cameras.

Flock bills itself as "a wireless security system for neighborhoods".

The articles warns, "Flock sells security cameras to neighborhoods, and those cameras then record everything that happens in those neighborhoods."

image credit: Flock Safety

Do you feel safer letting a private company spy on your neighbors?

If Flock's neighborhood surveillance program reminds you of police cam-share programs give yourself a gold star.

Earlier this year, I warned everyone that there are at least twenty-seven different types of police cam-share programs which use CCTV cameras to spy on the public. (To learn more about police cam-share programs click here & here.)
Crunchbase revealed that Flock's business model appears to be a mirror image of police cam-share programs.

"Flock Safety aims to build a neighborhood watch based on cameras rather than watchful human eyes."

Thanks to companies like Flock Safety, entire neighborhoods are using CCTV cameras equipped with license plate readers.


image credit: Flock Safety

"Peachtree Park deployed a network of Flock Safety's wireless outdoor license plate reading cameras so in the event of criminal activity they could know not just who was in the neighborhood but also what car was on the specific street the crime occurred. With over 10 cameras deployed, they are able to track over 3,000 cars a day."

Flock's license plate readers also compares each vehicle to a "SafeList." Which really shouldn't surprise anyone, since their surveillance cameras are specifically designed to spy on U.S. neighborhoods.

"Flock Safety was designed in the United States specifically for neighborhoods."

How much worse can things get?

In the near-future Flock's surveillance cameras will be equipped with facial recognition and there is no way to opt-out.

It is bad enough that police in Florida are encouraging neighbors to use CCTV cameras to spy on everyone but now corporations are doing it.

Companies like Amazon, use thousands of camera-equipped doorbells called Ring to create a network of spying neighbors.

"Ring a company on a mission to reduce crime in neighborhoods, today launched the Neighbors app on iOS and Android to provide every neighbor with real-time, local crime and safety information. Previously only available in the Ring app, the Neighbors network already has millions of users and has been instrumental in catching package thieves, stopping burglaries, and keeping neighborhoods safe. Police and sheriff’s departments throughout the U.S. are also joining the network as a new way to share real-time crime and safety alerts with their communities. "

Make no mistake, police and communities can use corporate CCTV cameras to "profile" or "watchlist" anyone and no one will be the wiser

This is no longer a conspiracy theory, law enforcement is using private corporations to turn entire neighborhoods into mini-spy centers.

The name 'Flock Safety' made me laugh, for one it seems to be a parody of America's flock mentality when it comes to public safety and two I thought this image says it all.

 

[loyola llothta]

more kids will end up missing

 

[bnew]

Somebody will end up using these systems against these neighborhoods,

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so i'm guessing a cellphone jammier will disrupt their signal, and no video will be transmitted to be recorded.

 

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The institute of Justice is suing Virginia. These cameras are not going nowhere . States are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to operate these cameras on every intersection to track every vehicle that pass across those cameras

 

[Richard Glidewell]

The institute of Justice is suing Virginia. These cameras are not going nowhere . States are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to operate these cameras on every intersection to track every vehicle that pass across those cameras

Only if people take that attitude and do nothing........can't just lay down and take it.......

 

[T-K-G]

Don't other countries already have mass surveillance like that? I get we live in a bigger country that most but people are already living in that reality, any London nikkas can speak to this?


Ring has helped me get outta a couple jams as well as solve some fukkery

 

[Strapped]

Don't other countries already have mass surveillance like that? I get we live in a bigger country that most but people are already living in that reality, any London nikkas can speak to this?


Ring has helped me get outta a couple jams as well as solve some fukkery

I wouldn't put a ring/Amazon device on my house , way better g cheaper options out there

 

[Geek Nasty]

Maybe 15-20 years ago the DoD was pitching the idea of Total Information Awareness. Basically a huge crowd-sourced spying network. People were pissed off of course and they claimed they bushed it, but everything I've seen since then has said it's in full force. Things like OneDrive and iCloud that pushes your personal data off your phone onto their servers (iCloud tries to trick you into turning it on every iPhone update).

Was watching a YouTube video where the DoT is planning to use anti-DUI tech as an excuse to put cameras in your cars (which are all networked btw)

 

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[Richard Glidewell]

Are these cameras or targets for practicing long range shooting?

 

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Flock & Amazons Ring are sharing data