S. Garret Whalen

Small business owner and technology connoisseur. I also pay attention to some politics.

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@clsskrckstation @BarrySux @AngelaBelcamino How is talking about something overreacting? I’m curious on your thought process

[LM @loyalmoses]

His home address is public information, and it’s just surveillance in-case he’s a criminal.

According to him, this makes us all safer.

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@RepJeffries is a traitor to America and should face the legal consequences

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

She's not wrong. ⬇️

[Hannibal999 @Hannibal9972485]

BEWARE ⚠️ of Axon “TROJAN HORSE” , Flocks twin👀🚩 are NOT different companies. Axon and Flock apparently executed a coordinated market staged corporate divorce. Their companies broke up publicly, but the data didn't break up in order to bypass state-level bans.🚨👀 They divided the market. Flock acts as the lightning rod for civil liberties outrage, absorbing the lawsuits, while Axon quietly monopolizes the municipal police tech sector by selling the same underlying surveillance capabilities under the guise of "privacy controls.🚨 now Axon is piloting face recognition in body cameras in Canada. 🇨🇦

In 2020, Axon integrated Flock into https://t.co/7E56pPuErn. Axon was sitting on Flock's board/investment.

In 2020, Axon made a strategic, minority investment in Flock Safety and integrated Flock's "Vehicle Fingerprint" technology directly into Axon's Fleet 3 in-car video system and https://t.co/7E56pPuErn cloud. they helped Flock build the ALPR network using their sales team

They pulled out abruptly, immediately launched a competing ALPR product, and are now swooping in on Flock's canceled contracts👀🚨
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In 2019, Axon’s own AI & Policing Technology Ethics board explicitly banned the development of facial recognition technology, citing severe privacy concerns and racial bias⚠️

But then In 2025 and 2026, Axon began quietly piloting facial recognition technology in body-worn cameras with a police department in Canada, completely reversing their 2019 ban

Axon made a surprise decision in July 2025 to end the API partnership, saying open collaboration is "no longer in Axon's best interests". That Axon won't support new mutual customers starting July 24, 2025.

Axon helped siphone the ALPR data into https://t.co/7E56pPuErn. But when public backlash hit 2025/2026 (ICE access, officer stalking, 30-day deletion traps) They severed the API specifically to avoid being named in the impending wave of Flock civil rights lawsuits and class actions. By cutting the public API, Axon legally distanced themselves from Flock's daily surveillance operations. But the historical data Axon already siphoned into https://t.co/7E56pPuErn was never deleted now they pivoted to become the "safe, privacy-focused alternative," sweeping up Flock's canceled clients
And positions itself as the "ethical" alternative, capturing the fleeing cities.👀👀🚨

Axon acquired Flock's ALPR data or architecture to train their own facial recognition models on this historical ALPR/facial data that they siphoned from Flock under the guise of the 2020 partnership.

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More damning: is Axon is actively pushing to take over Flock's ALPR market. Axon CEO has gone on earnings calls talking about the massive influx of clients converting from Flock to Axon, boosting Axon's stock.🚨👀

So essentially Axon deliberately severed the API after their https://t.co/7E56pPuErn platform had ingested years of Flock ALPR data and vehicle fingerprints. Then staged the "breakup" to wash their hands of Flock's legal liability, absorb Flock's municipal client base by offering "ethical" ALPR, and quietly pivot to facial recognition by using the data they harvested from Flock to train their new models. 🚨

@RepThomasMassie

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[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

Fiancée and I are in the market for a new couch. And I can promise it will never be a @Lovesac The worst product with the worst CEO. Nope.

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@oelma__ It depends on the service…tips aren’t automatic it’s earned…that’s why it’s called a tip

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

No one wants to be recorded 100% of the time. Yes anyone can “snap a pic” of you at anytime. That is not what flock is and if you’re trying to equate the two it’s pretty clear your bias already or are being purposefully obtuse

They’re tracking every single movement everyone makes, that isn’t “snapping a pic”

No one wants the government in their life like that. Freedom isn’t free, if you don’t like go to China or Israel

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@DarlineGrahamSC you’re a joke and a traitor to the American people. In my book, you should be tried for treason supporting flock

[ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 @ImBreckWorsham]

Meanwhile...Darline Graham, who says she's fine with Flock cameras because she "has nothing to hide," gets triggered over being recorded in public.

“Is your phone recording me?? It bothers me that you’re recording me without my permission.”

You can't make it up.

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

🚨 Police chief loses his mind when community members share concerns about flock being installed

“I oughta do background checks on half the people that made comments.”

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@Owennfa Yup should have just saved the money yourself. They robbed you

[SecondAmendment @SecondAmendment]

The ATF lost weeks ago.

The NFA was rightfully deemed unconstitutional.

They had time to request a stay, the deadline ended.

We are now five days past that date and the ATF is still preventing dealers from selling suppressors.

This needs to end

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

After the disc debacle I don’t think I’ll ever buy another @sony product again. I used to praise them for their quality and now just another greedy corp

[Retro Coast @RetroCoast]

Flock cameras have done the impossible

They have united America

Both Liberals and Conservatives hate them with a passion

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@J0hnADouglas @Adobe Do a charge back. My American Express is always on my side. Bet they’ll be open to your plight

[Natalie F Danelishen @Chesschick01]

This is why we shouldn’t have flock cameras:

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

@OrwellDay Yeah well none of us feel safe with flock or axon or state run cameras on every corner

[S. Garret Whalen @Na7uree]

It’s pretty obvious @realDonaldTrump is trying to steal Air Force one

[MW4Liberty @MW4Liberty]

Many police are defending Flock cameras & other AI tools saying, “It makes our job easier.”

News flash: Your job isn’t supposed to be EASY! It’s supposed to be restrained, heavy, and encumbered by the burden of proof, probable cause, the presumption of innocence, and always subject to OUR civil liberties!!!

A free society is not about making things convenient for the state, it’s about protecting the individual FROM the state. So many people have forgotten this.

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Thomas Massie announces that he is introducing legislation to immediately stop federal funding for Flock Cameras and any other mass surveillance cameras operating under a different name.

Massie compares Flock Cameras to the FISA program, calling them un-American and saying they are always abused by bad actors.

"We cannot be trading our freedom for a little false promise of security."