I recently discovered a company called Flock which apparently is building a massive surveillance network. I came across a reddit post on r/sysadmin where an admin received a request to install a black box device so that law enforcement could access cameras.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-to-pump-the-brakes-on-your-police-departments-use-of-flocks-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readers (disclaimer: I don’t support the political views of ACLU)
everything is political.
this company pushing invasive surveillance tech upon underserved-and-overpoliced communities like mine is political.
our “representatives” accepting invasive surveillance technology is political.
our “representatives” requesting more invasive surveillance technology is political.
“law enforcement” having (real-time) access to all of these invasive surveillance tech like LPRs & cameras is political.
the core purpose of the police is political.
Also, the political cannot be seperated from the economic.
the
bourgeoiscapitalistcorporate media outlets push narratives that spread fear because it draws attention… more eyes/ears means that they can sell commercial time/spots at a higher rate to advertisers.so, these outlets generate revenue by scaring the shit out of their audience.
our ostensible “representatives” run on & fundraise off of these manufactured narratives.
the police officer associations use this fear to lobby our “representatives” for greater resources (i.e., an increased share of the municipal budget (i.e, less money for everything else) shiny, new toys, more officers, etc.).
the companies supplying invasive surveillance tech make money through sales and/or (future) contracts.
it’s all political, and the political is connected to the economic.
I don’t think you need to be a minority to be impacted by this tech. That is actually the most terrifying part. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from you are being watched constantly. To be far most peoples cell phones use Google and the cell phone companies can track you somewhat with the modem. The difference is a phone isn’t needed for transportation. Also your face is hard to change let alone your walk or any other ways they can identify you.
I don’t think you need to be a minority to be impacted by this tech. That is actually the most terrifying part. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from you are being watched constantly. To be far most peoples cell phones use Google and the cell phone companies can track you somewhat with the modem. The difference is a phone isn’t needed for transportation.