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I eagerly clicked the link but they're just looking for another vendor that does the same thing. It's like boycotting Marlboro only to buy from Camel.

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And what are the chances of a smaller vendor being any more secure?

With a bar this low? Pretty good.

Them being more secure would be good, but it's still mass surveillance of citizens without much justification.

Decentralized surveillance. Only mass if it’s all cohesively accessible by one entity.

Which is definitely the case for flock and likely for other companies.

I mean, the product makes their jobs easier and cheaper (for investigations). People may debate that, but these things come down to efficiency.

So, whether it's vendor A or Vendor B municipalities don't care. What they want is the capability. The municipalities have the backing of the communities -with few odd exceptions because most people in most communities want LE to "catch the perps."

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