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Flock is importing China's ubiquitous surveillance in America until every habitable space is captured

I get that this comment is meant to warn about the creeping government overreach and a curtailment of free speech, by comparing the US against a society where government surveillance is already commonplace.

I wonder if it does a disservice to readers to not make that same comparison against more similar countries instead (UK, Germany, Australia to name a few examples)?

It's not that useful to single out Flock for that purpose. Google Nest and Amazon Alexa are also in that category.

Maybe Ring too?

Certainly! And probably a multitude of other devices and phone apps as well.

Most definitely ring. I used to park near one of their offices, for at least 3-5 months they had one of those podium pole camera systems, with a big ring logo on the side, and ring workers occasionally tinkering with it. You know, the kind you see in Home Depot lots.

And soon also Nexar, Uber and Lyft: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323541/20260807/flock-sec...

It's only a matter of time before every self-driving vehicle will have its cameras used for surveillance.

And digital billboards in every space will tell us what to think. Can't wait for the two to pair up and the billboards to target whoever is seen in the nearest camera. Or are they already doing it?

China is not responsible for your fuck-us, you own it

No claim was made that China is responsible. Stay on point.

You’re right, it was just completely pointless China baiting.

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