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🚨 BREAKING: Flock Safety surveillance cameras are increasingly being targeted across the United States. Recent incidents have involved cameras being: * Painted over * Smashed or cut down * Hit with lasers to disrupt recording * Deliberately vandalized by individuals opposing automated surveillance The attacks come amid growing public...

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Tucker Carlson says Flock Cameras will being “The slave state” This is the building of the surveillance state He calls out the founded of Flock, “Here is the founder of Flock Safety describing how he feels about anyone who disagrees with his project:” Founder “Terroristic organizations like Deflock, primary motivation is chaos. They are closer to Antifa than they are anything else.” Tucker Carlson says he’s on side of Deflock, he believes “They're an invasion of your privacy. They're dehumanizing” They’re funded by taxpayer money, so he’s a smug billionaire calling us all terrorists for being worried about surveillance while at the same time only being rich because our tax money The good news is, cities are responding to public outrage over this unlawful surveillance Dozens of cities and towns across the United States have pulled out of or even declined to renew contracts with Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras due to public pushback, privacy concerns and data-sharing issues. I’ll go over a few at the end of the video You have to keep being loud and not accept unlawful surveillance 82+ communities across 28 states have terminated contracts or deactivated cameras since early 2025
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Tucker Carlson says Flock Cameras will being “The slave state” This is the building of the surveillance state He calls out the founded of Flock, “Here is the founder of Flock Safety describing how he feels about anyone who disagrees with his project:” Founder “Terroristic organizations like Deflock, primary motivation is chaos. They are closer to Antifa than they are anything else.” Tucker Carlson says he’s on side of Deflock, he believes “They're an invasion of your privacy. They're dehumanizing” They’re funded by taxpayer money, so he’s a smug billionaire calling us all terrorists for being worried about surveillance while at the same time only being rich because our tax money The good news is, cities are responding to public outrage over this unlawful surveillance Dozens of cities and towns across the United States have pulled out of or even declined to renew contracts with Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras due to public pushback, privacy concerns and data-sharing issues. I’ll go over a few at the end of the video You have to keep being loud and not accept unlawful surveillance 82+ communities across 28 states have terminated contracts or deactivated cameras since early 2025

Wall Street Apes

42,571 просмотров • 11 часов назад

🚨 AMERICANS ARE DECLARING WAR ON FLOCK CAMERAS — AND PEOPLE ARE TEARING THEM DOWN Something is happening all over America. People aren't just complaining about surveillance cameras anymore. They're taking action. Reports are emerging of Flock cameras being cut down, damaged, disabled, and targeted in multiple cities. Why? Because what started as a tool to track stolen vehicles has turned into something many people believe is far bigger. The breaking point came when public records reportedly revealed that federal agencies had conducted thousands of searches through local camera networks. For many people, that confirmed their worst fears. But now the story is getting even darker. People are learning the next generation of surveillance won't stop at license plates. New systems are already being discussed that could potentially pull Bluetooth identifiers from phones, smart watches, earbuds, and other devices traveling inside vehicles. In other words, your car may not be the thing they're interested in tracking. You are. Meanwhile, cities across the country are beginning to reconsider their contracts as public backlash continues to grow. And as more cameras go up, more cameras seem to be coming down. How much surveillance are people supposed to tolerate before they start fighting back?
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🚨 AMERICANS ARE DECLARING WAR ON FLOCK CAMERAS — AND PEOPLE ARE TEARING THEM DOWN Something is happening all over America. People aren't just complaining about surveillance cameras anymore. They're taking action. Reports are emerging of Flock cameras being cut down, damaged, disabled, and targeted in multiple cities. Why? Because what started as a tool to track stolen vehicles has turned into something many people believe is far bigger. The breaking point came when public records reportedly revealed that federal agencies had conducted thousands of searches through local camera networks. For many people, that confirmed their worst fears. But now the story is getting even darker. People are learning the next generation of surveillance won't stop at license plates. New systems are already being discussed that could potentially pull Bluetooth identifiers from phones, smart watches, earbuds, and other devices traveling inside vehicles. In other words, your car may not be the thing they're interested in tracking. You are. Meanwhile, cities across the country are beginning to reconsider their contracts as public backlash continues to grow. And as more cameras go up, more cameras seem to be coming down. How much surveillance are people supposed to tolerate before they start fighting back?

HustleBitch

99,635 просмотров • 16 дней назад

San Jose, California residents file a lawsuit against the city for their deployment of Flock license plate reading cameras The people behind this lawsuit say the city has violated the Fourth Amendment by conducting surveillance without a warrant “Drivers have filed a class action suit against San Jose and its police department over the deployment of nearly 500 cameras, including by Flock safety” In California Flock camera data has been shared with the federal government as well as nonprofits (which is insane) Activists also say they are being used to track illegals in San Jose. So I guess this is one benefit
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San Jose, California residents file a lawsuit against the city for their deployment of Flock license plate reading cameras The people behind this lawsuit say the city has violated the Fourth Amendment by conducting surveillance without a warrant “Drivers have filed a class action suit against San Jose and its police department over the deployment of nearly 500 cameras, including by Flock safety” In California Flock camera data has been shared with the federal government as well as nonprofits (which is insane) Activists also say they are being used to track illegals in San Jose. So I guess this is one benefit

Wall Street Apes

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🚨 "FLOCK YOU PETER THIEL!" — AMERICANS ARE RAGING & FIGHTING BACK AGAINST HIS SURVEILLANCE EMPIRE People are done staying quiet. A new clip showing Peter Thiel’s companies Palantir and Flock has the internet raging. Palantir, the all-seeing data monster, hoovers up massive amounts of information and turns it into actionable intelligence. Flock blankets neighborhoods with license plate readers and cameras. They’re now bragging about “Maven Smart System”, their flagship AI tool that fuses multiple data feeds into one clean god-mode interface. Left click. Right click. Detection becomes action. No more clunky systems. Just one terrifyingly efficient machine for total surveillance and targeting. This is why people are screaming “Flock you, Peter Thiel” — because his companies are building the backbone of a full blown surveillance state in plain sight. They sell it as “public safety.” Americans see it as the end of privacy and the beginning of total control. Are you still okay with Peter Thiel building the digital cage around us, or are you finally ready to admit this is a full-blown surveillance state?
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🚨 "FLOCK YOU PETER THIEL!" — AMERICANS ARE RAGING & FIGHTING BACK AGAINST HIS SURVEILLANCE EMPIRE People are done staying quiet. A new clip showing Peter Thiel’s companies Palantir and Flock has the internet raging. Palantir, the all-seeing data monster, hoovers up massive amounts of information and turns it into actionable intelligence. Flock blankets neighborhoods with license plate readers and cameras. They’re now bragging about “Maven Smart System”, their flagship AI tool that fuses multiple data feeds into one clean god-mode interface. Left click. Right click. Detection becomes action. No more clunky systems. Just one terrifyingly efficient machine for total surveillance and targeting. This is why people are screaming “Flock you, Peter Thiel” — because his companies are building the backbone of a full blown surveillance state in plain sight. They sell it as “public safety.” Americans see it as the end of privacy and the beginning of total control. Are you still okay with Peter Thiel building the digital cage around us, or are you finally ready to admit this is a full-blown surveillance state?

HustleBitch

52,373 просмотров • 9 дней назад

Flock cameras have been out up in the Richland Wildlife Management Area in Florida The location of the flock cameras are in “miles and miles of Florida wilderness with no neighborhoods or shopping centers, subdivisions or traffic lights around — Why are there surveillance cameras here? Why are there license plate readers sitting at the crossroads of a wildlife management area? Who are they watching? The hunters? People exercising their Second Amendment rights? Families going camping? Fishermen headed to a boat ramp? Because it isn't just here” “But here's the question that no one seems willing to ask: How much surveillance are we willing to accept? For decades, law enforcement investigated crimes without building massive networks of cameras that record the movements of millions of law-abiding Americans” I have ferried these cameras are indeed there, and there is literally nothing around the area They were installed by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office which has also deployed dozens of Flock cameras across the county. From what I can find, over 40 installed on county roads Law enforcement says there are here for - Recovering stolen vehicles - Tracking suspects - Solving crimes in these rural areas - General public safety They look like unnecessary surveillance. There is literally nothing around here I have included a video that shows just how far these cameras really are from society, it’s shocking
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Flock cameras have been out up in the Richland Wildlife Management Area in Florida The location of the flock cameras are in “miles and miles of Florida wilderness with no neighborhoods or shopping centers, subdivisions or traffic lights around — Why are there surveillance cameras here? Why are there license plate readers sitting at the crossroads of a wildlife management area? Who are they watching? The hunters? People exercising their Second Amendment rights? Families going camping? Fishermen headed to a boat ramp? Because it isn't just here” “But here's the question that no one seems willing to ask: How much surveillance are we willing to accept? For decades, law enforcement investigated crimes without building massive networks of cameras that record the movements of millions of law-abiding Americans” I have ferried these cameras are indeed there, and there is literally nothing around the area They were installed by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office which has also deployed dozens of Flock cameras across the county. From what I can find, over 40 installed on county roads Law enforcement says there are here for - Recovering stolen vehicles - Tracking suspects - Solving crimes in these rural areas - General public safety They look like unnecessary surveillance. There is literally nothing around here I have included a video that shows just how far these cameras really are from society, it’s shocking

Wall Street Apes

566,222 просмотров • 12 дней назад

Exactly as predicted, Meta’s smart glasses are drifting toward something far more useful to corporations than sunglasses with a camera: a wearable surveillance network. Reports now show facial data collection features being enabled across devices, turning everyday users into walking data collectors whether they realize it or not. None of this should surprise anyone. Americans have been slowly surrounded by this infrastructure for years. Flock Safety cameras track license plates across cities. Ring doorbells build neighborhood surveillance grids. Alexa speakers sit quietly in living rooms listening for commands while collecting behavioral data. Meta’s glasses just take the next logical step and put the cameras directly on your face. Mass surviellance with walking legs.
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Exactly as predicted, Meta’s smart glasses are drifting toward something far more useful to corporations than sunglasses with a camera: a wearable surveillance network. Reports now show facial data collection features being enabled across devices, turning everyday users into walking data collectors whether they realize it or not. None of this should surprise anyone. Americans have been slowly surrounded by this infrastructure for years. Flock Safety cameras track license plates across cities. Ring doorbells build neighborhood surveillance grids. Alexa speakers sit quietly in living rooms listening for commands while collecting behavioral data. Meta’s glasses just take the next logical step and put the cameras directly on your face. Mass surviellance with walking legs.

YourFavoriteGuy

16,105 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

THE QUIET RISE OF AMERICA’S AI SURVEILLANCE NETWORK Flock Safety “license plate readers” are quietly building an AI-powered surveillance grid that logs where millions of ordinary Americans drive, work, worship, and live every day. Police across the country have already been caught abusing these systems to stalk and harass people, and even the LAPD has now let its Flock contract expire over civil liberties and privacy concerns. In Cleveland, elected officials voted down a renewed Flock contract, yet the cameras stayed on, and police kept using them anyway, raising serious questions about who actually controls this and who owns the data it collects. Flock’s Nova platform is designed to fuse license plate data with other records into a Google-style “people search” for law enforcement, making it easier than ever to build detailed profiles of ordinary citizens. This isn’t a hypothetical future. It’s already here and expanding. The real question now isn’t whether these systems can help solve crimes; it’s whether we’re sleepwalking into a permanent AI surveillance state where every drive, visit, protest, clinic stop, or church service is logged, stored, and ready to be used against us the moment someone in power decides we’re a problem.
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THE QUIET RISE OF AMERICA’S AI SURVEILLANCE NETWORK Flock Safety “license plate readers” are quietly building an AI-powered surveillance grid that logs where millions of ordinary Americans drive, work, worship, and live every day. Police across the country have already been caught abusing these systems to stalk and harass people, and even the LAPD has now let its Flock contract expire over civil liberties and privacy concerns. In Cleveland, elected officials voted down a renewed Flock contract, yet the cameras stayed on, and police kept using them anyway, raising serious questions about who actually controls this and who owns the data it collects. Flock’s Nova platform is designed to fuse license plate data with other records into a Google-style “people search” for law enforcement, making it easier than ever to build detailed profiles of ordinary citizens. This isn’t a hypothetical future. It’s already here and expanding. The real question now isn’t whether these systems can help solve crimes; it’s whether we’re sleepwalking into a permanent AI surveillance state where every drive, visit, protest, clinic stop, or church service is logged, stored, and ready to be used against us the moment someone in power decides we’re a problem.

Ben Swann

20,894 просмотров • 2 дней назад

🚨 BREAKING: Houston is NOT Flocking Around, No means NO! 🚨 Two MORE Flock surveillance cameras were chopped down yesterday... that’s 4 destroyed in 3 days. Officials are PANICKING while the public floods tip lines with savage replies: “The cameras are succumbing to heat exhaustion.” 😂 What are Flock cameras? They’re not “just license plate readers.” They’re a massive private surveillance network that: - Records every vehicle passing by. - Stores your movements for 30+ days. (or longer) - Combines it with your personal data via their “Nova” platform. - Hands it all to police... and who knows who else... without a warrant. Houston just spent $869,000 on this. Did YOU vote for it? No. Did anyone? No. This is the Surveillance State rolling out in real time: - 4th Amendment? Ignored. - Privacy? Gone. - Your daily movements turned into a searchable database for government and God knows who. If these cameras are so great for “public safety,” why are cities hiding the contracts? When did we consent to being tracked like criminals everywhere we drive? How many more “upgrades” (audio, device tracking, facial recognition) are coming without our knowledge? Who really owns and profits from your location data? The Blade Runners are awake. Houston is showing the rest of America what resistance looks like. Tag your mayor. Tag your city council. Share this everywhere. The surveillance grid only wins if we stay silent. Your taxes are paying for your own enslavement. Defund the spy cams. Reclaim your freedom. Let me know what you think, and SHARE THIS so that others may too! And if you're not already following Noah B. Price... What the heck are you doing?!
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🚨 BREAKING: Houston is NOT Flocking Around, No means NO! 🚨 Two MORE Flock surveillance cameras were chopped down yesterday... that’s 4 destroyed in 3 days. Officials are PANICKING while the public floods tip lines with savage replies: “The cameras are succumbing to heat exhaustion.” 😂 What are Flock cameras? They’re not “just license plate readers.” They’re a massive private surveillance network that: - Records every vehicle passing by. - Stores your movements for 30+ days. (or longer) - Combines it with your personal data via their “Nova” platform. - Hands it all to police... and who knows who else... without a warrant. Houston just spent $869,000 on this. Did YOU vote for it? No. Did anyone? No. This is the Surveillance State rolling out in real time: - 4th Amendment? Ignored. - Privacy? Gone. - Your daily movements turned into a searchable database for government and God knows who. If these cameras are so great for “public safety,” why are cities hiding the contracts? When did we consent to being tracked like criminals everywhere we drive? How many more “upgrades” (audio, device tracking, facial recognition) are coming without our knowledge? Who really owns and profits from your location data? The Blade Runners are awake. Houston is showing the rest of America what resistance looks like. Tag your mayor. Tag your city council. Share this everywhere. The surveillance grid only wins if we stay silent. Your taxes are paying for your own enslavement. Defund the spy cams. Reclaim your freedom. Let me know what you think, and SHARE THIS so that others may too! And if you're not already following Noah B. Price... What the heck are you doing?!

Noah B. Price

20,485 просмотров • 8 дней назад

HORRIFYING: Flock Cameras are quietly installing an AI-powered mass surveillance network across America — and the connections run straight to Palantir and Peter Thiel. A veteran IT expert (20+ years, Fortune 500 network architect) dropped the receipts from Flock’s own patents and public records: Flock sells these as “simple license plate readers.” Reality: AI surveillance machines that capture EVERY passing vehicle AND person, transmit the data to a PRIVATE corporate cloud (AWS-based), and make it instantly queryable by police, state agencies, AND federal entities — including secret pilots giving Border Patrol access without cities even knowing. Your city pays for the cameras. You don’t own or control the database. No public records requests work against the private servers. Your daily movements are harvested by a multi-billion-dollar corporation that answers to venture capital investors, not to you or your elected officials. Flock didn’t hit $7.5 BILLION valuation on camera subscriptions alone. The math doesn’t add up — unless the real product is nationwide, cross-jurisdictional data. Now connect the dots: - Peter Thiel (co-founder of Palantir) is one of Flock’s primary early investors through his Founders Fund. - Flock data flows into Palantir’s data-fusion platform — the same system with a $30 million ICE contract. - Palantir’s own CEO recently admitted their technology is being used as a “political instrument” to reduce the power of certain voters. These aren’t separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected players building connected infrastructure for total visibility. Patents (like US11416545B1) go far beyond plates — they describe broader object detection and tracking of people and pedestrians. Nationwide lookups are enabled for most customers. Once the cameras are up, the data never expires and the queries are logged in a system you can’t audit. This is the foundation of an AI surveillance state being rolled out street-by-street, town-by-town — sold to you as “public safety” while your constitutional protections evaporate into a private cloud controlled by unaccountable tech billionaires. We’re not against police solving real crimes. We are against mass surveillance of innocent Americans by companies with documented deception and investors who openly talk about using technology for political power. Demand action now: - Full audit of every query against Flock data - Disclosure of ALL data-sharing agreements (especially federal) - Immediate vote to CANCEL every Flock contract nationwide Before “safety” becomes the permanent excuse for total control. Wake up. This is already happening in your city. Find the cameras near you and start asking questions.
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HORRIFYING: Flock Cameras are quietly installing an AI-powered mass surveillance network across America — and the connections run straight to Palantir and Peter Thiel. A veteran IT expert (20+ years, Fortune 500 network architect) dropped the receipts from Flock’s own patents and public records: Flock sells these as “simple license plate readers.” Reality: AI surveillance machines that capture EVERY passing vehicle AND person, transmit the data to a PRIVATE corporate cloud (AWS-based), and make it instantly queryable by police, state agencies, AND federal entities — including secret pilots giving Border Patrol access without cities even knowing. Your city pays for the cameras. You don’t own or control the database. No public records requests work against the private servers. Your daily movements are harvested by a multi-billion-dollar corporation that answers to venture capital investors, not to you or your elected officials. Flock didn’t hit $7.5 BILLION valuation on camera subscriptions alone. The math doesn’t add up — unless the real product is nationwide, cross-jurisdictional data. Now connect the dots: - Peter Thiel (co-founder of Palantir) is one of Flock’s primary early investors through his Founders Fund. - Flock data flows into Palantir’s data-fusion platform — the same system with a $30 million ICE contract. - Palantir’s own CEO recently admitted their technology is being used as a “political instrument” to reduce the power of certain voters. These aren’t separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected players building connected infrastructure for total visibility. Patents (like US11416545B1) go far beyond plates — they describe broader object detection and tracking of people and pedestrians. Nationwide lookups are enabled for most customers. Once the cameras are up, the data never expires and the queries are logged in a system you can’t audit. This is the foundation of an AI surveillance state being rolled out street-by-street, town-by-town — sold to you as “public safety” while your constitutional protections evaporate into a private cloud controlled by unaccountable tech billionaires. We’re not against police solving real crimes. We are against mass surveillance of innocent Americans by companies with documented deception and investors who openly talk about using technology for political power. Demand action now: - Full audit of every query against Flock data - Disclosure of ALL data-sharing agreements (especially federal) - Immediate vote to CANCEL every Flock contract nationwide Before “safety” becomes the permanent excuse for total control. Wake up. This is already happening in your city. Find the cameras near you and start asking questions.

Valerie Anne Smith

40,375 просмотров • 2 дней назад

3 ADDITIONAL Georgia police officers have been fired today for illegally using Flock AI powered surveillance cameras & software to track American citizens. Let's hope they're arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law but I'm not holding my breath on that one. As of this post I haven't even be able to find their names despite them being public employees until yesterday. As I say every day when I share stories of "law enforcement" officers violating the basic civil rights of Americans via these unconstitutional systems - these are just the armed agents of the State that get caught because someone looked. People are only now starting to look. Submit FOIA (or whatever your state version is) requests into your local Flock system contract holders accordingly... #rural #georgia #police #crime #PoliceState #4thAmendment #14thAmendment #CivilRights #ALPR #cops #stalking #women #fayetteville #flock #SurveillanceState
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3 ADDITIONAL Georgia police officers have been fired today for illegally using Flock AI powered surveillance cameras & software to track American citizens. Let's hope they're arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law but I'm not holding my breath on that one. As of this post I haven't even be able to find their names despite them being public employees until yesterday. As I say every day when I share stories of "law enforcement" officers violating the basic civil rights of Americans via these unconstitutional systems - these are just the armed agents of the State that get caught because someone looked. People are only now starting to look. Submit FOIA (or whatever your state version is) requests into your local Flock system contract holders accordingly... #rural #georgia #police #crime #PoliceState #4thAmendment #14thAmendment #CivilRights #ALPR #cops #stalking #women #fayetteville #flock #SurveillanceState

Mrgunsngear

37,629 просмотров • 18 часов назад

Flock Safety has deployed a nationwide network of more than 100,000 AI-powered surveillance cameras. In many communities, these cameras are positioned not only along roadways, but near schools, playgrounds, churches, and other places where Americans exercise their Constitutional rights. One example is a camera located near Rocky Bayou Baptist Church in Niceville, Florida. Does the federal government need to track who attends this church on a Sunday morning? Floridians deserve answers about why these AI surveillance cameras are needed and how the data they collect is being used. This is America, not China. The fundamental question is simple: Should government be able to monitor who attends a church, political meeting, or community gathering without judicial oversight? I believe the answer is no. Across the country, surveillance technology is expanding rapidly, yet many citizens remain unaware of where cameras are located, who has access to the data, and how that information may be used. Transparency and accountability must come before mass surveillance. As your next U.S. Congressman for Florida's First District, I will work to protect Americans' Constitutional rights and push for legislation requiring warrants before government agencies can use surveillance technology to monitor the activities of law-abiding citizens. I do not want my daughter's generation to inherit fewer freedoms than the generations that came before us. We should embrace innovation without sacrificing the liberties that define America. If you share that vision, stand with me. Together, we can protect privacy, defend Constitutional rights, and preserve freedom for future generations. Let's Save America Together.
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Flock Safety has deployed a nationwide network of more than 100,000 AI-powered surveillance cameras. In many communities, these cameras are positioned not only along roadways, but near schools, playgrounds, churches, and other places where Americans exercise their Constitutional rights. One example is a camera located near Rocky Bayou Baptist Church in Niceville, Florida. Does the federal government need to track who attends this church on a Sunday morning? Floridians deserve answers about why these AI surveillance cameras are needed and how the data they collect is being used. This is America, not China. The fundamental question is simple: Should government be able to monitor who attends a church, political meeting, or community gathering without judicial oversight? I believe the answer is no. Across the country, surveillance technology is expanding rapidly, yet many citizens remain unaware of where cameras are located, who has access to the data, and how that information may be used. Transparency and accountability must come before mass surveillance. As your next U.S. Congressman for Florida's First District, I will work to protect Americans' Constitutional rights and push for legislation requiring warrants before government agencies can use surveillance technology to monitor the activities of law-abiding citizens. I do not want my daughter's generation to inherit fewer freedoms than the generations that came before us. We should embrace innovation without sacrificing the liberties that define America. If you share that vision, stand with me. Together, we can protect privacy, defend Constitutional rights, and preserve freedom for future generations. Let's Save America Together.

Douglas Chico

32,962 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

New mass surveillance technology is being deployed in America, it will track Americans via Bluetooth connection from their devices If “you thought Flock was bad, something even more terrifying is being installed all over America. It's made by a defense contractor called Leonardo, and here's what it does” So the biggest problem with these LPRs, license plate readers like Flock, is that it needs to use a license plate to identify you This company has found a way around that They've made a device that can be installed next to any existing license plate reader that once it's installed, that next time they pull your license plate, it will pull all the unique Bluetooth identifiers from all the smart devices in your car. But it doesn’t stop there, it gets worse Once they have those devices, they link them to you via your license plate, and now they never need to scan your license plate again. These new sensors can be installed anywhere, and they can even see who's traveling with you It’s made by Leonardo DRS, they are a defense and technology company that works with U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies These devices are reportedly being deployed or tested in various US cities alongside existing LPR networks It’s called SignalTrace and it can be easily added onto any existing camera of their or Flock It’s described as “An advanced intelligence system that upgrades standard license plate readers to track people by their smart devices they carry, rather than just by their vehicles This is insane and should be federally banned. This is the surveillance state
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New mass surveillance technology is being deployed in America, it will track Americans via Bluetooth connection from their devices If “you thought Flock was bad, something even more terrifying is being installed all over America. It's made by a defense contractor called Leonardo, and here's what it does” So the biggest problem with these LPRs, license plate readers like Flock, is that it needs to use a license plate to identify you This company has found a way around that They've made a device that can be installed next to any existing license plate reader that once it's installed, that next time they pull your license plate, it will pull all the unique Bluetooth identifiers from all the smart devices in your car. But it doesn’t stop there, it gets worse Once they have those devices, they link them to you via your license plate, and now they never need to scan your license plate again. These new sensors can be installed anywhere, and they can even see who's traveling with you It’s made by Leonardo DRS, they are a defense and technology company that works with U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies These devices are reportedly being deployed or tested in various US cities alongside existing LPR networks It’s called SignalTrace and it can be easily added onto any existing camera of their or Flock It’s described as “An advanced intelligence system that upgrades standard license plate readers to track people by their smart devices they carry, rather than just by their vehicles This is insane and should be federally banned. This is the surveillance state

Wall Street Apes

391,876 просмотров • 20 дней назад

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: "You’re Still Being Tracked": Privacy Expert Naomi Brockwell on Escaping Surveillance in the Digital Age 🔗 Watch: Naomi Brockwell is a globally recognized privacy advocate, tech journalist, and the founder of the Ludlow Institute, an organization focused on privacy education and policy. She is best known for her work promoting digital privacy, decentralized technologies, and civil liberties in the age of surveillance. “Tech is a tool. And I think we sometimes see the advancement of tech as a bad thing because it’s been hijacked for things like surveillance. That’s bad. The fact that we’ve been fueling these surveillance industries for decades now has really created this asymetrian society,” says Brockwell. She frequently produces content on issues related to encryption, blockchain, AI surveillance, and data rights, and has built a strong following through her YouTube Channel and speaking engagements around the world. Brockwell has also worked closely with libertarian economist and media personality John Stossel helping to explain complex topics like cryptocurrency, privacy law, and government surveillance in accessible, engaging formats. Their shared advocacy for individual rights and limited government has made her a frequent collaborator and trusted voice in Stossel’s reporting and digital platforms. In a time when automated cameras, license plate readers, and AI surveillance systems are spreading across Arizona, Brockwell lays out a roadmap for how citizens can engage local officials in meaningful dialogue about data privacy, civil liberties, and unchecked surveillance power. “We still live in a society where privacy is possible,” Brockwell said. “And we get a lot of amazing benefits from that—because of brave people willing to push back and do hard things to keep society self-correcting. We don’t want to lose that.” She emphasizes confronting surveillance starts not with outrage, but understanding. “If you try to convince people of your value system, it's a really tall ask,” she said. “Instead, ask: why are these officials supporting the surveillance apparatus? What are they trying to gain?” According to Brockwell, most policymakers genuinely believe they’re building safer, smarter communities—using technology to “catch bad guys” and increase efficiency. But those good intentions, she warns, often blind officials to what’s being lost in the process. “This surveillance apparatus centralizes control and makes individuals more vulnerable,” she said. “It eliminates checks and balances. And once the power imbalance grows too large, citizens lose the ability to hold elected officials accountable.” The consequences aren’t abstract. Brockwell says the architecture of surveillance—often installed without public debate—directly threatens freedoms we take for granted: movement, association, and the ability to support causes without fear of being tracked or profiled. “We no longer have recourse,” she said. “And that’s a really scary situation.” Even opting out of technology won’t shield people from the surveillance dragnet. “Even if you throw out all of your digital devices, you can’t escape it,” Brockwell said. “It’s in the streets. It’s in your everyday life. Whether you have a phone or not, you’re still being tracked.” Brockwell argues that while artificial intelligence is being used to supercharge surveillance—from government to corporate applications—very few resources are being directed at defending privacy rights. “I think AI is just powerful compute—used to find patterns and do things beyond human capability,” she said. “The question is: what do we want to supercharge? Right now, there’s a lot of vested interest in supercharging surveillance. But I want to see us supercharge privacy. What kind of privacy tools can we build around AI?” As Arizona lawmakers weigh proposals on photo radar, automated enforcement, and real-time crime centers, Brockwell’s message is clear: the surveillance state isn’t coming. It’s already here. And unless the public reclaims its voice, accountability may disappear with it. #wvf #news2jb #ai #azleg #privacy Naomi Brockwell priv/acc 🔗 Watch:
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: "You’re Still Being Tracked": Privacy Expert Naomi Brockwell on Escaping Surveillance in the Digital Age 🔗 Watch: Naomi Brockwell is a globally recognized privacy advocate, tech journalist, and the founder of the Ludlow Institute, an organization focused on privacy education and policy. She is best known for her work promoting digital privacy, decentralized technologies, and civil liberties in the age of surveillance. “Tech is a tool. And I think we sometimes see the advancement of tech as a bad thing because it’s been hijacked for things like surveillance. That’s bad. The fact that we’ve been fueling these surveillance industries for decades now has really created this asymetrian society,” says Brockwell. She frequently produces content on issues related to encryption, blockchain, AI surveillance, and data rights, and has built a strong following through her YouTube Channel and speaking engagements around the world. Brockwell has also worked closely with libertarian economist and media personality John Stossel helping to explain complex topics like cryptocurrency, privacy law, and government surveillance in accessible, engaging formats. Their shared advocacy for individual rights and limited government has made her a frequent collaborator and trusted voice in Stossel’s reporting and digital platforms. In a time when automated cameras, license plate readers, and AI surveillance systems are spreading across Arizona, Brockwell lays out a roadmap for how citizens can engage local officials in meaningful dialogue about data privacy, civil liberties, and unchecked surveillance power. “We still live in a society where privacy is possible,” Brockwell said. “And we get a lot of amazing benefits from that—because of brave people willing to push back and do hard things to keep society self-correcting. We don’t want to lose that.” She emphasizes confronting surveillance starts not with outrage, but understanding. “If you try to convince people of your value system, it's a really tall ask,” she said. “Instead, ask: why are these officials supporting the surveillance apparatus? What are they trying to gain?” According to Brockwell, most policymakers genuinely believe they’re building safer, smarter communities—using technology to “catch bad guys” and increase efficiency. But those good intentions, she warns, often blind officials to what’s being lost in the process. “This surveillance apparatus centralizes control and makes individuals more vulnerable,” she said. “It eliminates checks and balances. And once the power imbalance grows too large, citizens lose the ability to hold elected officials accountable.” The consequences aren’t abstract. Brockwell says the architecture of surveillance—often installed without public debate—directly threatens freedoms we take for granted: movement, association, and the ability to support causes without fear of being tracked or profiled. “We no longer have recourse,” she said. “And that’s a really scary situation.” Even opting out of technology won’t shield people from the surveillance dragnet. “Even if you throw out all of your digital devices, you can’t escape it,” Brockwell said. “It’s in the streets. It’s in your everyday life. Whether you have a phone or not, you’re still being tracked.” Brockwell argues that while artificial intelligence is being used to supercharge surveillance—from government to corporate applications—very few resources are being directed at defending privacy rights. “I think AI is just powerful compute—used to find patterns and do things beyond human capability,” she said. “The question is: what do we want to supercharge? Right now, there’s a lot of vested interest in supercharging surveillance. But I want to see us supercharge privacy. What kind of privacy tools can we build around AI?” As Arizona lawmakers weigh proposals on photo radar, automated enforcement, and real-time crime centers, Brockwell’s message is clear: the surveillance state isn’t coming. It’s already here. And unless the public reclaims its voice, accountability may disappear with it. #wvf #news2jb #ai #azleg #privacy Naomi Brockwell priv/acc 🔗 Watch:

West Valley Jen

11,885 просмотров • 1 год назад

This is horrifying and every American needs to hear this California resident exposes what’s really going on with Flock Cameras in America “I want to be clear what these cameras actually are, and I say that with somebody with 20 years of experience in IT. I've served as the chief network architect for Fortune 500 companies, I've designed data centers, and today I work on cloud infrastructure for one of the largest loan origination companies in the country. I'm not speculating on how this technology works. I've read their patents and I know how it works. Flock advertises these cameras as simple license plate readers. But their own patents tell a different story. They're AI-powered surveillance machines that capture every passing vehicle and person and transmit that data to a private corporate cloud, making it queryable by a multitude of state and federal agencies. The city of Corona does not control that database, and Corona residents have no public record rights against a private company's servers. Our daily movements are being harvested by a $7.5 billion corporation, that only answers to venture capital investors, not to us. Flock did not reach that valuation on their per-camera subscription fees. That math doesn't add up The city council should also understand who they're doing business with. Flock CEO was asked whether the company had any federal contracts. He said no. That was a lie. Public records revealed that Flock had been secretly running a pilot program giving the US Border Patrol access to local police camera data without the knowledge of the cities that paid for the cameras. Now consider who's behind the company and where your data flows. Flock integrates directly with Palantir, a data fusion platform, with a $30 million contract with ICE. Peter Thiel, the founder of Palantir, is also one of Flock's primary investors. These are not separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected actors that are building a connected infrastructure. Palantir's own CEO stated publicly just this month that his technology is being used as a political instrument, designed to reduce the political power of certain voters. And that's the ecosystem that our Corona cameras are feeding into. We're not anti-police at all. We're against mass surveillance of innocent residents by a company with a documented record of deception, built by investors with a stated political agenda. We're asking the City Council to start auditing the queries made against Flock's database, to disclose any data sharing agreements, and to take a vote to cancel the Flock safety contract” I looked more into this and he is 100% right Patents describe broader object detection, including tracking people and pedestrians, patents like US11416545B1. The system uses a centralized cloud database for nationwide queries Data goes to Flock’s private cloud, AWS-based, encrypted. Nationwide lookup is common, 75%+ of customers are enrolled enabling cross-jurisdictional searches. Residents have no direct public records access to the corporate servers. This creates a mass surveillance network feeding a private company’s infrastructure If you ask me this is laying the infrastructure for a mass surveillance network in America. We are being lied to. Cancel all contracts nationwide
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This is horrifying and every American needs to hear this California resident exposes what’s really going on with Flock Cameras in America “I want to be clear what these cameras actually are, and I say that with somebody with 20 years of experience in IT. I've served as the chief network architect for Fortune 500 companies, I've designed data centers, and today I work on cloud infrastructure for one of the largest loan origination companies in the country. I'm not speculating on how this technology works. I've read their patents and I know how it works. Flock advertises these cameras as simple license plate readers. But their own patents tell a different story. They're AI-powered surveillance machines that capture every passing vehicle and person and transmit that data to a private corporate cloud, making it queryable by a multitude of state and federal agencies. The city of Corona does not control that database, and Corona residents have no public record rights against a private company's servers. Our daily movements are being harvested by a $7.5 billion corporation, that only answers to venture capital investors, not to us. Flock did not reach that valuation on their per-camera subscription fees. That math doesn't add up The city council should also understand who they're doing business with. Flock CEO was asked whether the company had any federal contracts. He said no. That was a lie. Public records revealed that Flock had been secretly running a pilot program giving the US Border Patrol access to local police camera data without the knowledge of the cities that paid for the cameras. Now consider who's behind the company and where your data flows. Flock integrates directly with Palantir, a data fusion platform, with a $30 million contract with ICE. Peter Thiel, the founder of Palantir, is also one of Flock's primary investors. These are not separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected actors that are building a connected infrastructure. Palantir's own CEO stated publicly just this month that his technology is being used as a political instrument, designed to reduce the political power of certain voters. And that's the ecosystem that our Corona cameras are feeding into. We're not anti-police at all. We're against mass surveillance of innocent residents by a company with a documented record of deception, built by investors with a stated political agenda. We're asking the City Council to start auditing the queries made against Flock's database, to disclose any data sharing agreements, and to take a vote to cancel the Flock safety contract” I looked more into this and he is 100% right Patents describe broader object detection, including tracking people and pedestrians, patents like US11416545B1. The system uses a centralized cloud database for nationwide queries Data goes to Flock’s private cloud, AWS-based, encrypted. Nationwide lookup is common, 75%+ of customers are enrolled enabling cross-jurisdictional searches. Residents have no direct public records access to the corporate servers. This creates a mass surveillance network feeding a private company’s infrastructure If you ask me this is laying the infrastructure for a mass surveillance network in America. We are being lied to. Cancel all contracts nationwide

Wall Street Apes

932,064 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

🚨 A company called Axon is creating a surveillance camera that can turn every street light in America into a system like Flock “If you thought Flock was bad, a company just ended their partnership with Flock to go create something even more terrifying. There's a company called Axon, and one of the big problems with Flock cameras is to get them installed, you gotta hire a crew, you f*ckin' put a pole in the ground, you gotta get the f*ckin' electric wired up, all that sh*t — And they didn't like that So what did they do? They made a little product that you just click onto any f*ckin' streetlight, it's powered by the light's own socket, and boom! It turns that f*ckin' light pole into a license plate reader. Into their centralized database. And if we've learned anything from these companies, they're gonna do an over-the-air software update to turn it into a video camera just like Flock” This is 100% real and exactly as described Axon, the company behind Tasers and body cams, launched Axon Lightpost in 2025. It’s a clip-on device that mounts directly onto existing streetlights To install they need no new poles, no trenching, no dedicated electrical work. It uses the streetlight’s own power socket It has Automated License Plate Recognition, vehicle attribute recognition that identifies color, make and model and more, even live-streaming video. Data feeds into Axon’s ecosystem Flock cameras often require more infrastructure. Axon Lightpost turns millions of existing streetlights into surveillance nodes with minimal effort and low cost for cities This is the surveillance state being established and we’re letting it happen
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🚨 A company called Axon is creating a surveillance camera that can turn every street light in America into a system like Flock “If you thought Flock was bad, a company just ended their partnership with Flock to go create something even more terrifying. There's a company called Axon, and one of the big problems with Flock cameras is to get them installed, you gotta hire a crew, you f*ckin' put a pole in the ground, you gotta get the f*ckin' electric wired up, all that sh*t — And they didn't like that So what did they do? They made a little product that you just click onto any f*ckin' streetlight, it's powered by the light's own socket, and boom! It turns that f*ckin' light pole into a license plate reader. Into their centralized database. And if we've learned anything from these companies, they're gonna do an over-the-air software update to turn it into a video camera just like Flock” This is 100% real and exactly as described Axon, the company behind Tasers and body cams, launched Axon Lightpost in 2025. It’s a clip-on device that mounts directly onto existing streetlights To install they need no new poles, no trenching, no dedicated electrical work. It uses the streetlight’s own power socket It has Automated License Plate Recognition, vehicle attribute recognition that identifies color, make and model and more, even live-streaming video. Data feeds into Axon’s ecosystem Flock cameras often require more infrastructure. Axon Lightpost turns millions of existing streetlights into surveillance nodes with minimal effort and low cost for cities This is the surveillance state being established and we’re letting it happen

Wall Street Apes

206,851 просмотров • 7 дней назад

'Climate Change' Will Be Used As A Reason To Take Away Your Home & Confine You To A Smart City. Del Bigtree "There will be cameras on every lamppost, watching you from every nook & cranny, turning your heat up & down for you, telling you whether you can drive 2 blocks from home" Insurance companies are citing "climate change" as a pretext to raise natural disaster insurance premiums by 3 to 10 times, even though insured losses have remained nearly flat over the past decade. This practice threatens homeowners with unaffordable policies, forcing some to sell their homes or risk foreclosure as banks demand coverage. Del Bigtree warns that this trend will lead to widespread home losses across America, turning cities like Los Angeles into heavily surveilled 'smart cities' under authoritarian control. Smart Cities Will Be The End Of Democracy & Autonomy: --Privacy Concerns-- Data Collection: Smart cities rely on vast amounts of data from various sources, including surveillance cameras, sensors & personal devices. This data is used to optimize city functions, but it also raises serious privacy issues. Residents find their every move tracked, leading to a loss of personal privacy. Data Security: The more data is collected, the greater the risk of being hacked or misused. Cybersecurity threats are a significant concern & a breach leads to sensitive personal information being exposed or exploited. --Environmental Impact-- E-Waste: Smart cities involves the rapid turnover of electronic devices, leading to an increase in electronic waste. Resource Consumption: Production & maintenance of these technologies require significant amounts of energy & raw materials, offsetting any benefits. --Social Implications-- Surveillance State: The extensive use of surveillance technologies to constantly monitor citizens, stifles freedom of expression & creates a culture of fear. Loss of Community: The focus on technology & efficiency leads to a loss of community spirit & human interaction. Residents are isolated as they rely more on digital interfaces than on personal relationships. --Health Risks-- Radiation Exposure: The widespread deployment of wireless technologies in smart cities, including 5G networks, raises health risks with prolonged exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Mental Health: The constant connectivity & surveillance in smart cities contributes to stress & anxiety among residents, negatively impacting their mental well being. --Infrastructure Vulnerability-- Cyber Attacks: Smart city infrastructure, heavily reliant on interconnected digital systems, is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. A successful attack disrupts critical services such as power, water & transportation, causing widespread chaos. System Failures: Overreliance on technology leads to significant problems when systems fail or malfunction. Resulting in disruptions to essential services & risks to public safety. --Ethical Concerns-- Bias in Algorithms: The algorithms used in smart city technologies perpetuate existing biases, leading to unequal treatment of different demographic groups. Resulting in discriminatory practices & reinforcing social inequalities. Lack of Transparency: Smart city systems make opaque decisions, lacking transparency in how they use data & make decisions. This erodes trust in public institutions & undermines democratic processes. 👇Smart Cities & Ethical Implications👇 👇Smart Cities Are Dangerous👇 👇Smart Cities & Citizens Discontent👇 Speakers: Del Bigtree & Sean Kelly | Digital Social Hour Podcast Video: @fitconqueror1
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'Climate Change' Will Be Used As A Reason To Take Away Your Home & Confine You To A Smart City. Del Bigtree "There will be cameras on every lamppost, watching you from every nook & cranny, turning your heat up & down for you, telling you whether you can drive 2 blocks from home" Insurance companies are citing "climate change" as a pretext to raise natural disaster insurance premiums by 3 to 10 times, even though insured losses have remained nearly flat over the past decade. This practice threatens homeowners with unaffordable policies, forcing some to sell their homes or risk foreclosure as banks demand coverage. Del Bigtree warns that this trend will lead to widespread home losses across America, turning cities like Los Angeles into heavily surveilled 'smart cities' under authoritarian control. Smart Cities Will Be The End Of Democracy & Autonomy: --Privacy Concerns-- Data Collection: Smart cities rely on vast amounts of data from various sources, including surveillance cameras, sensors & personal devices. This data is used to optimize city functions, but it also raises serious privacy issues. Residents find their every move tracked, leading to a loss of personal privacy. Data Security: The more data is collected, the greater the risk of being hacked or misused. Cybersecurity threats are a significant concern & a breach leads to sensitive personal information being exposed or exploited. --Environmental Impact-- E-Waste: Smart cities involves the rapid turnover of electronic devices, leading to an increase in electronic waste. Resource Consumption: Production & maintenance of these technologies require significant amounts of energy & raw materials, offsetting any benefits. --Social Implications-- Surveillance State: The extensive use of surveillance technologies to constantly monitor citizens, stifles freedom of expression & creates a culture of fear. Loss of Community: The focus on technology & efficiency leads to a loss of community spirit & human interaction. Residents are isolated as they rely more on digital interfaces than on personal relationships. --Health Risks-- Radiation Exposure: The widespread deployment of wireless technologies in smart cities, including 5G networks, raises health risks with prolonged exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Mental Health: The constant connectivity & surveillance in smart cities contributes to stress & anxiety among residents, negatively impacting their mental well being. --Infrastructure Vulnerability-- Cyber Attacks: Smart city infrastructure, heavily reliant on interconnected digital systems, is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. A successful attack disrupts critical services such as power, water & transportation, causing widespread chaos. System Failures: Overreliance on technology leads to significant problems when systems fail or malfunction. Resulting in disruptions to essential services & risks to public safety. --Ethical Concerns-- Bias in Algorithms: The algorithms used in smart city technologies perpetuate existing biases, leading to unequal treatment of different demographic groups. Resulting in discriminatory practices & reinforcing social inequalities. Lack of Transparency: Smart city systems make opaque decisions, lacking transparency in how they use data & make decisions. This erodes trust in public institutions & undermines democratic processes. 👇Smart Cities & Ethical Implications👇 👇Smart Cities Are Dangerous👇 👇Smart Cities & Citizens Discontent👇 Speakers: Del Bigtree & Sean Kelly | Digital Social Hour Podcast Video: @fitconqueror1

Valerie Anne Smith

21,620 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад

Police officer becomes a whistleblower and says that Flock Safety Cameras are not what were being told they are He says they are not just capturing license plates, they are capturing everything and being used for mass surveillance without a warrant, “It records the make, the model, color, bumping stickers, you name it — it's a very sophisticated AI software that uses a camera system to track and monitor every vehicle that goes by the camera lens” “This information is shared city to city and even state to state without a warrant” “Your consent was never required nor even asked for or even thought about when your city governments was putting up this new technology. For example, the chief of the Pateka Police Department, she was confronted by a local reporter on this very question of what gave them the right to put up these cameras without consulting the public. Her response was, so the criminals wouldn't know about it and avoid detection. So there you go. That's their best argument about” He says he brought up concerns about privacy and transparency and in return he was suspended without pay He says we are headed the same way as the soviets and China He says this is what you’re told by authority, “If you are worrying about it, it's because you have something to hide. The philosophy that this innovation is already grounded on is already proven to be rotten. It's grounded on this idea that you, the citizen, are first and foremost a potential suspect or potential defendant that needs to be tracked and monitored for your safety and for the safety of others. It's the same philosophy that the Soviets and many authoritarian states during the 20th century adopted, and we all know how that worked out for them. It's the same philosophy that the Chinese are currently adopting right now and they have a similar surveillance system” Keep in mind I’ve also shared videos of the Flock camera called “Condor” This goes beyond vehicles and actually tracks you as you walk by. The cameras follow you, can zoom in and automatically detect you in areas This goes way beyond license plate reading. This is the mass surveillance network being established in America We are right around the corner from a police state
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Police officer becomes a whistleblower and says that Flock Safety Cameras are not what were being told they are He says they are not just capturing license plates, they are capturing everything and being used for mass surveillance without a warrant, “It records the make, the model, color, bumping stickers, you name it — it's a very sophisticated AI software that uses a camera system to track and monitor every vehicle that goes by the camera lens” “This information is shared city to city and even state to state without a warrant” “Your consent was never required nor even asked for or even thought about when your city governments was putting up this new technology. For example, the chief of the Pateka Police Department, she was confronted by a local reporter on this very question of what gave them the right to put up these cameras without consulting the public. Her response was, so the criminals wouldn't know about it and avoid detection. So there you go. That's their best argument about” He says he brought up concerns about privacy and transparency and in return he was suspended without pay He says we are headed the same way as the soviets and China He says this is what you’re told by authority, “If you are worrying about it, it's because you have something to hide. The philosophy that this innovation is already grounded on is already proven to be rotten. It's grounded on this idea that you, the citizen, are first and foremost a potential suspect or potential defendant that needs to be tracked and monitored for your safety and for the safety of others. It's the same philosophy that the Soviets and many authoritarian states during the 20th century adopted, and we all know how that worked out for them. It's the same philosophy that the Chinese are currently adopting right now and they have a similar surveillance system” Keep in mind I’ve also shared videos of the Flock camera called “Condor” This goes beyond vehicles and actually tracks you as you walk by. The cameras follow you, can zoom in and automatically detect you in areas This goes way beyond license plate reading. This is the mass surveillance network being established in America We are right around the corner from a police state

Wall Street Apes

1,435,435 просмотров • 9 дней назад

🚨 With this platform China’s security apparatus can track foreigners and anyone deemed “of interest” to the state within the country. Foreign students, foreign spouses of Chinese citizens and even foreign journalists, including The Telegraph’s, were included in the sensitive data points as part of the “Dynamic Control Platform for Foreigners” programme. The data allow the state to instantly track where American, British and other foreign citizens are located within China, who they come into contact with, their past movements and who they regularly associate with. This confirms the nature of China’s intrusive physical and digital surveillance, and raises serious questions about civilian privacy and threats to press freedom. China is ranked third-worst on the World Press Freedom Index, just above North Korea and Eritrea, and is the biggest jailer of journalists with 121 media professionals behind bars. The platform was first discovered by NetAskari, an independent cybersecurity researcher focused on China, and has been shared with and analysed by The Telegraph. “In the Chinese context, it makes sense that they’re tracking journalists who they consider an ‘enemy of the state’, or at least worth keeping an eye on, and that’s been around since the inception of the People’s Republic of China under communist rule.” “They’ve never liked journalists from the get-go. Journalists are seen as just another actor in this big game of controlling the narrative, controlling the minds of the people, controlling the reality of history — because that’s how the party operates; that’s how they think.” A deep dive into the platform, branded with the government’s security insignia, offers a rare look at how Chinese authorities are integrating millions of data points pulled from surveillance cameras, visa details and travel booking apps — amongst other information — to holistically track people. China is quickly transforming into a dystopian authoritarian state after investing over the past two decades in physical and digital surveillance capabilities, creating the world’s largest and most comprehensive security infrastructure. Dissidents and foreign journalists are routinely harassed in China and abroad. Aside from human informants, the government has built a digital dragnet using surveillance cameras that blanket the country. Some cameras pivot to capture entire streets while others are equipped with facial recognition. The government has boasted about these programmes, such as Skynet, launched in 2005, and Sharp Eyes, launched in 2015, aimed at achieving 100 per cent coverage of public areas. The latter programme, called 雪亮 in Chinese, is a reference to Mao Zedong, the chairman, who once said “the people have sharp eyes”. Officials and state media routinely cite these as examples of China’s advanced technological prowess. As far back as 2018, Chinese tech firms were working to develop “gait recognition” software. China now has more than 700 million surveillance cameras — averaging at least one device per two people in the country — to eliminate blind spots in its “grid-style” security monitoring, including in rural and remote areas. China’s fast consumer-technology adoption — from QR-code payments to digital ID scans, which were all already in place a decade ago — also means that the government has collected years’ worth of data. All mobile apps, for instance, whether for booking taxis, ordering takeaway, or digital subway tickets, require real-ID registration. The surveillance dragnet received a further boost during the coronavirus pandemic, when the Chinese state unleashed draconian measures for contact tracing, requiring people to install tracking apps purportedly to gauge potential exposure to Covid. In some cases, the authorities installed security cameras inside people’s homes and motion sensors at their front doors. 1/2
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🚨 With this platform China’s security apparatus can track foreigners and anyone deemed “of interest” to the state within the country. Foreign students, foreign spouses of Chinese citizens and even foreign journalists, including The Telegraph’s, were included in the sensitive data points as part of the “Dynamic Control Platform for Foreigners” programme. The data allow the state to instantly track where American, British and other foreign citizens are located within China, who they come into contact with, their past movements and who they regularly associate with. This confirms the nature of China’s intrusive physical and digital surveillance, and raises serious questions about civilian privacy and threats to press freedom. China is ranked third-worst on the World Press Freedom Index, just above North Korea and Eritrea, and is the biggest jailer of journalists with 121 media professionals behind bars. The platform was first discovered by NetAskari, an independent cybersecurity researcher focused on China, and has been shared with and analysed by The Telegraph. “In the Chinese context, it makes sense that they’re tracking journalists who they consider an ‘enemy of the state’, or at least worth keeping an eye on, and that’s been around since the inception of the People’s Republic of China under communist rule.” “They’ve never liked journalists from the get-go. Journalists are seen as just another actor in this big game of controlling the narrative, controlling the minds of the people, controlling the reality of history — because that’s how the party operates; that’s how they think.” A deep dive into the platform, branded with the government’s security insignia, offers a rare look at how Chinese authorities are integrating millions of data points pulled from surveillance cameras, visa details and travel booking apps — amongst other information — to holistically track people. China is quickly transforming into a dystopian authoritarian state after investing over the past two decades in physical and digital surveillance capabilities, creating the world’s largest and most comprehensive security infrastructure. Dissidents and foreign journalists are routinely harassed in China and abroad. Aside from human informants, the government has built a digital dragnet using surveillance cameras that blanket the country. Some cameras pivot to capture entire streets while others are equipped with facial recognition. The government has boasted about these programmes, such as Skynet, launched in 2005, and Sharp Eyes, launched in 2015, aimed at achieving 100 per cent coverage of public areas. The latter programme, called 雪亮 in Chinese, is a reference to Mao Zedong, the chairman, who once said “the people have sharp eyes”. Officials and state media routinely cite these as examples of China’s advanced technological prowess. As far back as 2018, Chinese tech firms were working to develop “gait recognition” software. China now has more than 700 million surveillance cameras — averaging at least one device per two people in the country — to eliminate blind spots in its “grid-style” security monitoring, including in rural and remote areas. China’s fast consumer-technology adoption — from QR-code payments to digital ID scans, which were all already in place a decade ago — also means that the government has collected years’ worth of data. All mobile apps, for instance, whether for booking taxis, ordering takeaway, or digital subway tickets, require real-ID registration. The surveillance dragnet received a further boost during the coronavirus pandemic, when the Chinese state unleashed draconian measures for contact tracing, requiring people to install tracking apps purportedly to gauge potential exposure to Covid. In some cases, the authorities installed security cameras inside people’s homes and motion sensors at their front doors. 1/2

Byron Wan

22,506 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Not everyone in society is able to fight back against systems that threaten their freedom. Some people are afraid, some are uneducated about what’s happening, others are simply trying to survive day to day staying ignorant. Because of that, expecting a perfectly united resistance from ordinary people is unrealistic. Sadly. But there are still basic principles almost everyone understands, your privacy matters, your freedom matters, and mass surveillance of citizens should concern anyone who values a free society. In the AI industry today, most large tech companies have shown they are willing to work with governments and militaries when it comes to building powerful AI systems, they don't care about values and freedom. The financial incentives are massive, and very few companies are willing to turn that money down especially when many of them are not profitable. One of the few companies that publicly drew a line and said no to the movement is Anthropic, the creator of Claude. They stated they would not pursue certain uses of AI for warfare or large-scale surveillance. That decision likely costs them enormous contracts and influence, yet they still chose to set that boundary unlike Sam Altman and others. Whether you agree with every decision they make or not, that kind of stance matters. It shows that ethical limits are still possible in an industry driven by profit and power and narcissistic people. When a company chooses principle over profit, the public should notice. Supporting organizations that defend privacy and civil liberties sends a clear message to the entire tech industry. The message is - doing good is reworded, not punished like The US Government has done Anthropic. So get the word out - use Claude, help them with whatever you can to dominate the market. They tell you it’s all for your safety. But here’s a real example of how great a national security risk AI-driven surveillance and camera networks can become. Israel was able to monitor the movements and activities of Iranian leadership after gaining access to surveillance systems, they heck it. Ordinary cameras on streets, near banks, and on buildings. The same everyday infrastructure people walk past without thinking. Systems that were originally installed in the name of security turned out being the biggest vulnerability. And let’s be honest about something Israel and its intelligence is not that bright, everyone that ever worked with them will tell you that, so of course they had our help doing it. But here’s the real question people should be asking, if systems like this can be used to track foreign leaders, what makes anyone think they couldn’t be used on ordinary citizens against you? either by Israel or another country? It's clear it can. The idea that expanding surveillance is purely for your own good is a comforting story. But history shows that powerful tools rarely stay limited to their original purpose and what you think is safety can turn out to be the biggest vulnerability of all.
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Not everyone in society is able to fight back against systems that threaten their freedom. Some people are afraid, some are uneducated about what’s happening, others are simply trying to survive day to day staying ignorant. Because of that, expecting a perfectly united resistance from ordinary people is unrealistic. Sadly. But there are still basic principles almost everyone understands, your privacy matters, your freedom matters, and mass surveillance of citizens should concern anyone who values a free society. In the AI industry today, most large tech companies have shown they are willing to work with governments and militaries when it comes to building powerful AI systems, they don't care about values and freedom. The financial incentives are massive, and very few companies are willing to turn that money down especially when many of them are not profitable. One of the few companies that publicly drew a line and said no to the movement is Anthropic, the creator of Claude. They stated they would not pursue certain uses of AI for warfare or large-scale surveillance. That decision likely costs them enormous contracts and influence, yet they still chose to set that boundary unlike Sam Altman and others. Whether you agree with every decision they make or not, that kind of stance matters. It shows that ethical limits are still possible in an industry driven by profit and power and narcissistic people. When a company chooses principle over profit, the public should notice. Supporting organizations that defend privacy and civil liberties sends a clear message to the entire tech industry. The message is - doing good is reworded, not punished like The US Government has done Anthropic. So get the word out - use Claude, help them with whatever you can to dominate the market. They tell you it’s all for your safety. But here’s a real example of how great a national security risk AI-driven surveillance and camera networks can become. Israel was able to monitor the movements and activities of Iranian leadership after gaining access to surveillance systems, they heck it. Ordinary cameras on streets, near banks, and on buildings. The same everyday infrastructure people walk past without thinking. Systems that were originally installed in the name of security turned out being the biggest vulnerability. And let’s be honest about something Israel and its intelligence is not that bright, everyone that ever worked with them will tell you that, so of course they had our help doing it. But here’s the real question people should be asking, if systems like this can be used to track foreign leaders, what makes anyone think they couldn’t be used on ordinary citizens against you? either by Israel or another country? It's clear it can. The idea that expanding surveillance is purely for your own good is a comforting story. But history shows that powerful tools rarely stay limited to their original purpose and what you think is safety can turn out to be the biggest vulnerability of all.

ELIZABETH LANE

13,150 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад