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Comment by mannanj | original | Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
[−]mannanj · 2026-08-30 Sun 03:44 UTC · link
So to fight abuse and overreach by your leaders, you can:

- give up your car/vehicle propery

- let an LLC take ownership

- reside in the privacy protections of LLC and corporation

I don't think any successful case has happened yet where flock et al have pierced the corporate veil to get address information, nor dug into insurance records to find who the LLC-license plates belong to.

[−]carlob · 2026-08-30 Sun 06:35 UTC · link
The fact that corporations have more privacy rights than people is dystopian.
[−]parineum · 2026-08-30 Sun 07:18 UTC · link
It would be, you're right.
[−]toofy · 2026-08-30 Sun 07:56 UTC · link
i don’t think that will help anything. surely flock and similar companies use facial recognition features? particularly at every stores parking lot that has these in it?

and i’d be more shocked if the same stores weren’t already sharing their own inside cameras facial recognition directly with companies like flock already.

and from what we’ve seen, these companies cameras are linked up with names from frequent shopper cards, cc data, what people buy, when they buy it, etc…

[−]StevePrefontain · 2026-08-30 Sun 12:21 UTC · link
These camera also monitor the ambient Bluetooth output of phones in cars that pass by to identify who exactly was in the car at the time. Don’t think the LLC will hide that unless your phone is also owned under an LLC