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I'm an ex-employee of Flock who left when I learned just how empty their words about ethics and morality of increased surveillance really were.

They will happily look the other way when agencies share data that Flock knows they're not meant to be sharing.

They will happily "massage" data when needed to shore up a case (particularly with their gunshot detection).

Their transparency report probably lists only about 2/3 (at most) of the agencies that are actually using the system.

I asked lots of questions about ethics and morality in the recruitment process, got in, and rapidly learned that it was openly mask-off, surveillance state, Minority Report-esque mission.

>>FireBe+(OP)
Yikes. I can’t say it surprises me but my god that’s terrifying

>>FireBe+(OP)
To me the most horrifying one here is “massaging” the data to help shore up a legal case.

Would whistleblower protections shield you? Or have you taken this to any reputable journalists?

>>senord+Pn
This is exactly what has happened with the same junk science tech that “Shotspotter” uses. There are recorded incidents of police leaning on support staff to alter the location of a potential detection. And their junk science software is closed source. So when they are involved in a case, the defense has subpoena their source code and voila! Shotspotter is dropped from the prosecution’s exhibit list. You see Shotspotter can’t afford to have their code scrutinized. Have you figured out why? (Junk science)