Remember when Flock cameras were only supposed to read license plates?
Apparently that’s not enough anymore.

Now we’re talking about AI that can find a vehicle from a simple description.

Microphones that are always listening for so called “sounds of distress.”

Drones that can be launched automatically after a 911 call.

And camera networks that can follow movement across entire cities.

Every year the cameras get smarter.
The databases get bigger.
The AI gets more powerful.
And the amount of information being collected keeps growing.

Then came the comment that really got people’s attention.

The CEO behind Flock, one of the largest camera networks in America reportedly compared people who map camera locations to terrorists.

Think about that for a second.

The cameras aren’t the problem.
The people tracking the cameras are.

Some people see a tool that makes communities safer.
Others see a system that knows where you’ve been, where you are, and eventually where you’re likely to go next.

If mapping Flock cameras makes you a “terrorist,” what does that make the people putting cameras everywhere?

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