I recently discovered a company called Flock which apparently is building a massive surveillance network. I came across a reddit post on r/sysadmin where an admin received a request to install a black box device so that law enforcement could access cameras.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-to-pump-the-brakes-on-your-police-departments-use-of-flocks-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readers (disclaimer: I don’t support the political views of ACLU)

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1eu0fje/local_police_want_permanent_access_to_our_cameras/

  • @[email protected]
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    283 months ago

    (disclaimer: I don’t support the political views of ACLU)

    The… political views? As in, where they decided to stop defending Nazis?

    • Possibly linuxOP
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      -123 months ago

      They are fairly far left. I think freedom and privacy shouldn’t he political. That is why I felt the need to leave a disclaimer as there are some political statements in the page.

      • @[email protected]
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        143 months ago

        Do you mean that you don’t like the way they prefer to defend individuals against corporations rather than the other way around, or the way they don’t help people defend themselves against lawful and reasonable government action?

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          -23 months ago

          I don’t mean any of those things. I just want to point out that I don’t support the political statements. I am not looking to start a fight.

          • @Tangent5280
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            “I am not looking to start a fight”

            That works, sometimes.

          • @WhatAmLemmy
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            FYI, as someone who has only seen good work from the ACLU, If you don’t explain what they did that you consider wrong, I’m gonna assume you’re potentially a mentally ill lunatic, rather than having rational grievances.

      • @steel_nomad
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        Everything is political. Unfortunately. BUT I am for ANY org that is in favor of individual rights and freedoms. Haven’t looked at the ACLU in a while tho tbf

        • @user
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          Because you make it that. Its political for you but for me, no.

        • Possibly linuxOP
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          -33 months ago

          The ACLU isn’t to bad but they are definitely liberal. However, the work they do benefits us all. The EFF is a little less left leaning so I tend to prefer articles written by them.

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              03 months ago

              No, I am not. I am saying they are a little less politically extreme. They are left leaning but they less public about it. They still have left leaning views but they aren’t as vocal about it.

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        Saying it won’t help on Lemmy. When its users see anything related to politics, they will fight. Just ignore it.

  • @[email protected]
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    I like the last pictures , looks someone ripped one and examined it. I was about to suggest to do that break them at night

    • Possibly linuxOP
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      13 months ago

      I wouldn’t commit a crime. That seems like a very bad idea and could result in a criminal record and prison time.

      Fight with our spirit, voice and civil disobedience.

      • @Tangent5280
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        Exactly. Thats exactly the right thing to say on public social media. We are all obedient little pigs here.