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1. kklisu+2m[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:17:52
>>chaps+(OP)
For more context here Flock Safety is a YC-backed company [1][2]

[1] https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety

[2] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1856016868580151615

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2. kklisu+6o[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:27:04
>>kklisu+2m
And let me share this reply by Garry Tan, CEO of YC, after someone made a comment that Flock might be _pretty dystopian_ [1][2]:

> You're thinking Chinese surveillance

> US-based surveillance helps victims and prevents more victims

[1] https://x.com/neurajordan/status/1963303084609966288

[2] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955

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3. leeoni+dr[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:42:21
>>kklisu+6o
> You're thinking Chinese surveillance

the big irony, of course, is that i'm much more comfortable with China surveilling me than the US, since the latter can throw me in jail, seize my assets, and ruin my family's life, while the former cannot.

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4. strong+Cy[view] [source] 2025-12-22 19:16:53
>>leeoni+dr
why would the former bother, when all they have to do is take you to one of their secret police stations in the US and disappear you?
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5. ok_dad+Tz[view] [source] 2025-12-22 19:22:05
>>strong+Cy
America probably invented extraordinary rendition.
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