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The country needs to find a “compromise” between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley.

“When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise,” Langley said during a recent interview with Fox News. “How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?”

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 125 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Interesting that he’s framing it as a balance between privacy and safety instead of privacy and security.

Flock cameras haven’t been proven to make anyone safer.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If anything they actively make people unsafe by falsely flagging drivers with a partial tag match for a stolen vehicle

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Don’t forget all the stalking by many various people abusing the database and live feeds

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