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[Lance S @LBSuns]

@plastic_shorts THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK. YOU.

[DeFlock @therealDeFlock]

Did you sleep well last night?

Oh good.

Meet "Orchestra"

"Orchestra turns the world's cameras into a live, searchable feed — with autonomous agents that act on what they see."

https://t.co/oYhMxd1BAa

#AI #Surveillance #Privacy #Flock #DeFlock

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

I respect WIRED so much.

Tech companies are FUMING because they thought it would be positive PR for their products.

Instead WIRED is publishing articles which expose the downsides of AI and tech surveillance. And now they’re getting sued for it. Support them!

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Lorde calls out Spotify in new post:

“Hey @spotify i'm gonna go out on a limb n say we don't want this. Not only is this inaccurate (not the song i did that in) but reducing a song to an ai generated meaning right at the source feels like it limits free interpretation imo. At least make it possible for artists to opt out please💘”

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

Since we’re sharing Flock’s HQ…

Here is:

Palantir HQ:
19505 Biscayne Boulevard,
Suite 2350, Aventura, FL 33180

Axon HQ:
17800 N 85th St,
Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Anduril HQ:
1400 Anduril,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Clearview AI HQ:
214 W 29th St,
New York, NY 10001

Eyes On You.

[DeFlock @therealDeFlock]

“I think it’s a massive invasion of privacy to be compiling a database of people’s movements.”

One might even dare say its - "Unconstitutional".

Coming soon to a Supreme Court near you.

https://t.co/4wBNqbBbih

https://t.co/C2Apd7UhEl

[nick @Framesofnick]

Yo @AMCTheatres get these fucking commercials out of the middle of the trailer previews I’m so fucking sick of this shit

[Tyler Oliveira @tyleraloevera]

Here is the official response I’ve received from Flock’s CSO. @rahul

Why is the company that records Americans 24/7 afraid of an on-camera interview?

Let’s sit down and answer the public’s questions @Flock_Safety

[LM @loyalmoses]

This is what happened in WA w/ Flock. Many municipalities were receiving massive numbers of Flock data record requests, it was becoming an issue -- they paused contracts last year, turned cameras off, etc.

THEN... WA state passed a new law in March, providing cover for Flock and these municipalities by making data record requests illegal. No surprise, municipalities turned all their Flock cameras back on, defying the will of the people. This is tyrant behavior.

[The Real Guardrail Guy @theguardrailguy]

Explaining Flock cameras in the runout area of a guardail terminal.

[S2 Underground @s2_underground]

First of all no, we're not doing this. I do not answer DMs from a company that is trying to do damage control AFTER they have ruined the trust of Americans. I do not have "good faith" debates with people who want to enslave me in a fishbowl that they can monitor at all times.

Guess what guys: We don't actually have to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, or engage in "good faith" debates with bad actors. I don't have to justify my concerns about Flock to anyone. But since this condescension pissed me off, I will respond publicly, since Flock seems to want to keep our voices in the shadows and out of the public eye.

Note the argument:

"You see, King George specifically authorized quartering troops among you, I don't know what you're complaining about it's ALL LEGAL".

Well, golly gee guys, I guess it's all right then, they made it legal.

That's exactly the problem. Notice how nobody has a problem with standard security cameras. Public security cameras are not the problem...directly pumping the feed of every square inch of the country into a centralized federal database is one HELL of a problem and we must do everything within our rights as Americans to push back against efforts like this, if we are to have a future as a nation.

Flock, much like Palantir, took the decently good idea of improving security, and implemented it in the most cartoonishly evil way possible at nearly every single step. They are working directly for all levels of government....not the citizenry. They use subterfuge, legal technicalities, and every single trick in the book to put up hundreds of cameras every single day. They constantly mislead the public about what databases their sensors feed into, and who they sell the metadata to.

They have so little oversight that it's laughable, and ALL oversight involves the classic case of "we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing". Flock has been caught lying MANY times, and misleading the public regarding what their cameras actually do. Newsflash...they don't just read license plates.

They are also concealing which agencies purchase their data specifically so as to avoid getting warrants, and in doing so they have turned the ENTIRE COUNTRY into an open air prison....where THEY get to provide the intelligence data to those who enforce the laws as selectively as they please.

And their defense for doing so? "Aww look at the cute puppy we rescued" or "We arrested one guy using our camera network, we're so AWESOME".

You don't get to arrest one genuine criminal, and use that as justification to set up and entire Minority Report-esque surveillance system to surveil the entire country. You don't get to betray trust, and then be sad that people don't trust you. You don't get to cozy up to the boot of tyranny so much that you become the boot yourself, and then pretend to be just "one of the guys".

We will not fall for this gaslighting, no matter how hard they try.

For some reason, many people think that private companies can't be tyrants, which could not be further from the truth. At a certain point, a private company can be so heavily embedded within government, that they might as well BE the government. Except they are worse, because we don't even have the tiniest way to hold them accountable except for taking the billion-dollar company to court.

That's my problem with Flock, Palantir, and pretty much every single other defense contractor in existence. I will NOT accept every single facet of my life being monitored, just in case a criminal commits a crime somewhere near me. I will NOT live in "ze pod", no matter which politician is in power, and I will not accept a future where people like this will dictate to me what my country should be.

[S★ @xxyllinn]

I miss when "Tech" made life simpler. Now, I need an app to park my car, a QR code to read a menu, and a 2-factor authentication code just to check my own bank balance. We are over-complicating ourselves into a collective nervous breakdown.

[The Backrooms Online // BackroomsMovie.com @backroomsonline]

I just found out that it’s not just chevron wallpaper. They are going after “Backrooms” in general.

I was looking for the thread below on reddit and came across another person with an issue. I asked them to post their artwork and they posted the takedown request (no chevrons to be seen).

This is bad. Really bad.

I love the movie so much but seeing this I’ve lost respect for A24. The Backrooms doesn’t belong to anyone and definitely not a film studio.

Link: https://t.co/bFrKdDRr6S

[Joshua Khane @JoshuaKhane]

Microsoft DELETED my account AND OneDrive!!?? After ACKNOWLEDGING that I’m the owner of the account and that it was compromised???

25 fucking years of data, thousands of euros spended on games?? My son’s baby pictures? GONE!

All because MICROSOFT couldn’t bring back a compromised account??
One of the biggest companies ever coulnd’t do that so they just deleted that shit like it was nothing?? Fucking shame on you!! @microsoftnl @MicrosoftHelps @MicrosoftHelpt @Microsoft
#microsoft #hacked

[Lance S @LBSuns]

@marteeny11 @CultureCrave Yeah, BETTER

Wanting a 4:30 sunset is wack

[Manel Cota @MaNeo_O]

Thanks! Ubisoft Barcelona did all the underwater levels. And that same team is being fired right now because Ubisoft thinks thats what we deserve :)

[Andrew Wilkinson @awilkinson]

A proposal:

We affix all AI influencers with shock collars with small microphones and cameras.

Should they type or utter the words "they cooked", the collar immediately administers a 50,000 volt shock.

The voltage increases by 10,000 per utterance.

Thoughts?

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

KEEP BULLYING TECH COMPANIES INTO REMOVING USELESS AND INVASIVE AI FEATURES!!!!!!!!

[izzy 🫐 @beuck_]

ayo edebiri’s “do not talk to me about ai, i will k!ll myself” tee is so iconic and she’s so real for that

[Lance S @LBSuns]

@Blazecap1203 *deluding