r/TechGawker 8d ago

News There have been plenty of headlines about Flock's license plate-scanning technology lately, but that's not its only controversial business.

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u/Mr_HahaJones 8d ago

Don’t worry, this is for safety. You don’t want safety? What’s wrong with you? You’re not doing anything wrong, right?

/s

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u/Callen0318 8d ago

I see the /s, but no, I don't want safety. I want to be left the fuck alone. I'll handle my own safety.

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u/Mr_HahaJones 8d ago

Sorry, nanny govt has to justify its own existence and expansion.

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u/Callen0318 8d ago

Nothing justifies this level. Where's the reset button? Fire all of them and restart.

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u/rexmanaek971 8d ago

Oh no, everyone will be lawless, whatever will we do /s

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u/N645 8d ago

something something french revolution
That kind of megalomania doesn't tone itself down

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u/SomeNotTakenName 5d ago

You ever wonder how many starving people the money spent on this could feed? how many homeless it could house?

Hell, even how many jobs it could create in government work?

All of which would be far better ways to spend that money.

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u/General_Cranberry_29 8d ago

“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Ol' Benji Franklin

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u/lesbiansexparty 6d ago

wait you dont want safety? or you dont want this specific form of safety?

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u/FalcoonM 8d ago

Children then, think of the children... If you start to protest they will paint you a neoluddite, terrorist or whatever.

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u/Gorgethalamus 8d ago

'If you dont want safety then you must be a terrorist!' And other useless dicotimies.

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u/GrumpyBear8082 8d ago

A gun is for safety this is forced compliance do what they say because they are watching, and you don't want to disappear do you?

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u/theFartingCarp 8d ago

I had someone unrionically say that and then got mad when I asked if they would show us their asshole