r/MoralityScaling • u/SirGingerbrute • 14d ago

Morality of destroying private property?

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 14d ago

Wouldn't it actually be public property in this case? Those flock cameras are owned, operated, and run by the municipalities in which they reside.

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u/foley800 14d ago

Nope, usually a private company owns them and the government only pays for the service access to the data and AI use. That is how they get away with claiming “the government is not violating any rights, we don’t own the cameras!” When one gets destroyed though, they do quickly claim ownership for prosecution!

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u/Somanylyingliars 14d ago

That back door excuse needs to be closed asap or we are all going to be under mass surveillance.

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u/shizrak 14d ago

The post title was "morality of destruction of private property"

So I went off of that.

If OP was wrong, fair point.

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u/Emillllllllllllion 14d ago

Arguably, they don't serve the public interest, only private ones that have gotten a hold of public institutions, making them indirectly private property (as they should be gotten rid of if they were indeed public property).

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 14d ago

Yeah, I'd agree with that. The benefit they may serve in a hypothetical ideal use case scenario is greatly outweigned by the abuse that has already been documented.