Charles Brian Quinn

I’ve seen enough of this Flock fear garbage. First of all, Flock cameras are automated license plate readers not facial recognition tools. Second, they have proven to be the primary self defense tool for cities. Localities that employ these are able to catch some of the worst criminals and get them off the streets. These cameras also help with finding missing persons. The idea that Flock cameras have potential for misuse and therefore should be removed despite the safety that it brings to cities is delusional. There’s always an abuse concern with any tool you bring to law enforcement. If we took that fear to its logical extreme we’d have cops armed with rubber bands or even less. We’d have England. No thank you. And no, you don’t have a privacy interest in your government-issued license plate that has the sole purpose of tracking and identifying your vehicle as you drive it on the streets. This argument is nescient nonsense and only spread because people today are too lazy to think. You absolutely have privacy concerns that can be triggered by certain misuse but we have recourse for that in the court system. We don’t live in a utopia safe enough to forego the opportunity to use modern law enforcement tools. Don’t let internet delusion control your politics. When facial recognition tools start being deployed in public we can discuss real privacy concerns. But that’s not what Flock is. I suspect that a lot of the anti-Flock delusion on social media is driven by foreign disinformation. It’s just another way to keep Americans hysterical, disinformed, and afraid. Remeber — this is how our adversaries operate these days; they pour fuel on the fire.