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Comment by 1970-01-01 | original | Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
[−]1970-01-01 · 2026-08-30 Sun 14:23 UTC · link
The only mistake Flock has made in terms of general acceptance is leaving them closed-access. The right way to build this empire is to set all the cameras as public. When they're wide-open and everybody is free to watch (along with ads, of course) not enough will care about the privacy because they want to track their cheating boyfriend, Amazon delivery, and get live traffic and weather info.
[−]ndsipa_pomu · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:23 UTC · link
That's a terrible idea as it'll be used/abused by stalkers etc. Women will never feel safe again.
[−]tencentshill · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:59 UTC · link
Strange how that works