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Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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The country needs to find a “compromise” between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley.

“When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise,” Langley said during a recent interview with Fox News. “How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?”

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[–] Hakuso@scribe.disroot.org 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember, it's Axon as well, and many more companies. and a major contrbuter who has linked in with all of these creepy services is Amazon and has the largest surveillence network in residential areas not just on travel corridors comprised of Ring doorbell cameras tied in to all of these systems.

Flock seems like the sacrificial lamb, to me. They are in your face, ther cameras are obvious, and their CEO runs his mouth so much everyone hates him.

It's like how Elon can't keep his mouth shut, but Ellison far more dangerous and nearly as rich.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

If we're lucky Flock can be the catalyst for people turning against all of the other surveillance systems as well