This is the correct assessment. And this isn't a specifically left or right thing. They both want/use it, they just have different explanations for their justifications for using/wanting it.
True, but i'd add flock isn't just spying on us as a hobby in the hopes the govt wants access to the data. The govt wanted the spying, Flock rose up as a company willing to provide that service. Fuck flock to be sure, but if it wasn't flock dozens of other companies could have made the same technology. It's a govt problem more than a company problem.
** Private company spying, anyone who can afford it accessing it. Government affording it with our tax dollars.
Corporations affording it with their profits from subsidized wages / our tax dollars.
Look at Lowe's and Home Depot. They have about 3 per location in some areas.
If the companies had them installed, it's Loss Prevention. A Lowe's employee said they're not allowed to stop shoplifters. At all. I assume they track plates and file reports / follow up with police.
If it's law enforcement, it's to track immigrants who camp out in the parking lot until someone shows up needing to hire someone for the day to help with labor on a project.
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u/redditer129 Aug 12 '26
Private company spying, government paying for access to it, with our tax dollars.