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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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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 21 points 1 week ago

Hey buddy, you didn't ask us about shit before you started installing your creepy cameras to monitor us everywhere, so you can go ahead and fuck off now.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 18 points 1 week ago

You don't negotiate with terrorists, Nazis, or billionaires.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week 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.

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.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 13 points 1 week 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.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s afraid

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

Can't get manufacturing sites. They are all parts bin contract manufactured from lowest bidder garbage in China as cheap as possible. Warehousing tho

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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 week ago

I AGREE! There IS common Ground between allowing the Epstein Class to SPY ON CHILDREN and the People who think CHILD RAPISTS Spying on Children is WRONG! Maybe just a COUPLE MILLION of Taxpayer Dollars to Spy on Children as a Treat?

-Centrists!

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

They're not even watching traffic though...

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Langley needs to find a compromise between living and getting Luigi'd.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

I drove my company at the wall. Dearest wall, give me a compromise, pretty please?

[–] darkmarx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Die, Flock. The company would not be missed.

[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not an inch ! Not a mm!

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I call for something else lol.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago

You have both by not having you around, asshole.

[–] bashibazouk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It's not a matter of privacy or safety. It's a matter of how does this technology benefit me? So far, that's none at all. I live in a place of low crime, so it's ability to keep me safer is minor if at all. Police abuse it and the upper classes seem safe from it. I do not see any benefit in it's current form. Lock it down behind court orders without general police/organizational access and maybe? But I'll still vote against it...

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

My privacy and freedom are invaluable to me, I don't give 2 shits about some CEOs profits. He can go rot in a ditch for all I care.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Fuck you, Garrett.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You can't make a deal w/ the devil.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

"I'm being paid to fuck you all " now modified to "why can't we all just get along"

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