Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras

kept by eddie feb 24

Across the US, people are vandalizing Flock license plate cameras in protest of the company's data sharing with ICE and immigration authorities.

Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
Amazon Ring aired a Super Bowl ad promoting its AI-powered neighborhood surveillance to find lost dogs, reigniting backlash over privacy and mass surveillance concerns.
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Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism" - Ars Technica
Palantir employees internally criticize the company's deepening ties with Trump-era immigration enforcement and military actions, calling it a 'descent into fascism.'
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ICE Agents at Some Airports Begin Checking IDs in Security Lines - The New York Times
ICE agents have begun checking IDs in TSA security lines at some airports, raising traveler concerns, with unclear effects on wait times.
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Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth Is Transforming How Meta Works - WSJ
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth is driving a workforce transformation by requiring employees to submit keystroke data for AI training and pushing costly initiatives like the metaverse.
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