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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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[–] Zink@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago

“How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?”

Spoken like a true sales/con artist. I can almost hear the brand guidelines poking through... Always mention safety before privacy, always treat safety as a given and privacy as the buffer zone in which to find compromise.

The compromise is how far each town chooses to go above security tier 0: emergencies with immediate threat to life or property.

  • tier 0 is defined as covering 100% of law enforcement requests of all agencies with jurisdiction in the covered area.
[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

No, fuck off.

[–] bibbasa@piefed.social 12 points 4 days ago

the compromise is for you to put flock cameras in every room in your house.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, no, the interpretations of the 4th amendment that led to these things being legal were clearly made in an era where they relied on the high cost of surveillance to minimize the amount there is. A reasonable modern day interpretation of the 4th should ban these

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Ok. You spend the rest of your life in jail, and your immediate and extended family can live.

They won't be rich. They will be held accountable if they broke the law as well.

Or we can exterminate 50-100k people to give justice to billions.

Either option is acceptable to me.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

ok.

we'll continue ripping down your shitty products and you can just shut the fuck up.

see, isn't that a nice compromise?

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It’s afraid

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 13 points 4 days ago

The rich will never feel save while we, their victims, have privacy.

They know better than even we do how much reason we have to be plotting against them.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My suggestion for compromise would be to bring back tar and feathering

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[–] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

We don't need to find shit. They need to go away before their heads start to resemble their cut down cameras.

Tired of this.

Correct, "safety" compromises our privacy. Now you're getting it, captain shithead CEO! So with that in mind, there is no way we can accept these cameras.

The comprise is for the flock ceo to commit suicide with a shotgun

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I agree. Our starting position is all flock cameras should be taken down and then shoved up Garrett Langley's ass. Every single one of them.

Now let us come to the table and find a compromise.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 3 days ago

The only compromise we want to see is the structural kind.

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Asked and answered.

[–] ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Get rid of them.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Safety from what Langley? What are the cameras keeping us safe from?

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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Need to expand from pulling down camera to pulling down Flock buildings, manufacturing sites, etc.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

On the right, three House Republicans recently introduced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from purchasing automated surveillance systems that use facial recognition, biometric IDs, or license plate recognition, “including a Flock Safety camera.”

Really? Wow. Okay, when you lose Republicans (well, some Republicans), you KNOW you've gone too far. Damn.

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[–] sqauffle@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Sure, the compromise is we cut them down until you stop. Sound good to everyone else?

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 7 points 4 days ago

there's no compromise - take down ALL the fucking surveillance crap and take it down NOW.

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