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sanitation ( sanitation@lemmy.today )  to Technology · 2 months ago

Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch

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Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
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  • dfyx ( dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ) 
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    Okay, here‘s a compromise for him: he shuts down his company and refunds everything that was paid with tax money (with interest) and he can keep his head.

    • Safeguard ( Safeguard@beehaw.org ) 
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      Hmm, that seems like he still wins though… I think that would be letting him off easy!

      • dfyx ( dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ) 
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        I said he can keep it. No promises about it staying attached.

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          Excellent.

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    No one should compromise with people who have hundreds of millions of dollars.

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    “I’ll maybe hurt you a little less, and I’ll keep doing the bad thing” isn’t a compromise; a compromise has to benefit both sides, and not being harmed is just the default expectation, not a benefit.

  • Toneswirly ( Toneswirly@beehaw.org ) 
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    the compromise is paying me a cut of your profits every time I show up in your footage. You want to monetize my body, my car, and my behaviors? I want fair compensation. Or, you know, you could keep having your cameras cut down and vandalized

  • BeBopALouie ( Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Compromise will happen when the last flock camera is finally removed.

  • its_me_xiphos ( its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org ) 
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    Sorry there bud, but in the simplest terms I can muster: You reap what you sow.

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      When I’m sowing 😀

      When I’m reaping 😩

  • Thunderscreech ( Thunderscreech@beehaw.org ) 
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    A pair of Flocks became cut down in my neighborhood and the local news aired the sticker left on one that said ‘Get wrecked ya surveilling fucks’ uncensored. I want more of this energy.

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