Kashmir Hill
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457 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 31 Aug
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Yes.
This is kind of a concept called networked privacy where it's hard to protect your own privacy since they're sharing it with others.
They have to trust that other agencies are using the cameras appropriately.
And this actually comes up on the sign-in page.
There's kind of this pop-up, there's a click-through screen where you have to say, I acknowledge that in these states, I can't do searches related to reproductive care.
And in these other states, I can't do searches related to immigration.
Flock says that they only allow abortion related searches in states where abortion is illegal.
Um, they also say that they have an audit system in place that alerts departments if officers are doing unusual searching that doesn't look like it's related to an official investigation.
So they do say they have some safeguards in place.
But at the end
Of the day, it's up to the police department to use this tool appropriately.
Hm.
Flock doesn't consider itself the one that should make the rules for how these cameras should work.
It says, you know, it's just a technology company offering a service, and it's up to the United States to decide how these cameras should be used.
Right.
They're just a company offering a service, and it's not up to them to make the rules.
That's up to lawmakers.
That's up to regulators.
Yes, there is this growing backlash from citizens.
One of the first ways this manifested was in the form of a website called D Flock.
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