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US Cities Cancel 50+ Flock Surveillance Contracts Amid Public Backlash (townflex.com)

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

There are thousands of cases of finding missing persons using cameras

https://www.whsv.com/2026/08/01/deputy-uses-flock-cameras-find-missing-girl-less-than-30-minutes/

If you compare to 50 instances of abuse, is that a good tradeoff

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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

It's not a good trade off. Just because dystopian surveillance sometimes does something good does not outweigh all the bad it does on a regular basis

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

That's a valid opinion, but let's not pretend it's all downside.

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