Well, that's fucking useless then.
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From the post:
>Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers were first sold as upmarket add-ons for gated communities and HOA curtain-twitchers who wanted to keep tabs on what everyone was doing, whether they lived there or not.
Flock soon realized that selling to rich people wasn’t as profitable as selling to governments. Law enforcement agencies have always been surveillance tech early adopters — something that springs equally from being able to spend other people’s money and a desire to get out ahead of constitutional case law.
Well, that's fucking useless then.
Archive: https://archive.today/LcUxE
From the post:
>>Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers were first sold as upmarket add-ons for gated communities and HOA curtain-twitchers who wanted to keep tabs on what everyone was doing, whether they lived there or not.
Flock soon realized that selling to rich people wasn’t as profitable as selling to governments. Law enforcement agencies have always been surveillance tech early adopters — something that springs equally from being able to spend other people’s money and a desire to get out ahead of constitutional case law.
