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Flock Doesn’t Like Being Watched
Eric Peters Autos ^ | 09/12/2026 | Eric

Posted on 09/15/2026 3:29:54 AM PDT by Adder

Just as Gavin Newsom and other “COVID” tyrants didn’t abide by their own “guidelines,” Flock camera installers don’t like being watched, either. A guy named Brendan Keefe who works as a journalist for InvestigateTV got a tip from his daughter that someone was putting up a Flock camera near his home in Atlanta, GA. He went to the location to watch and record what was going on, just like the Flock cameras watch and record us. When the Flock installer got in his Flockmobile, Keefe followed, to see where he went next and to watch what he did next – just like the Flock cameras do to us. Apparently, what’s good for the goose is not good for the gander.

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To: Adder

Be aware that motor vehicle cameras could be used by the government.


41 posted on 09/15/2026 7:50:36 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: rlmorel

“They wanted a way to get around the surveillance of private citizens without requiring a warrant, and this was the way to do it.”

It only takes one federal judge to stop things, and the federal judges rather like to wield power.


42 posted on 09/15/2026 7:53:49 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Right. And those who don’t want to wield power often lack the courage to take action to protect our rights.

The Left has no such issues. They can judge shop for known judicial stooges who will give them all the power they desire.


43 posted on 09/15/2026 7:56:56 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: z3n

Don’t say stupid things and you won’t be called out on it.


44 posted on 09/15/2026 8:06:45 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Skwor; Adder

I have been saying it for years-in my state, there are traffic cams everywhere, plate readers and such at nearly every intersection.

They are not there for traffic violations, since we do not (yet) allow tickets to be issued for traffic violations on the basis of a traffic cam.

But what they no doubt have is plate reading OCR technology which is very advanced and accurate. Every car that goes through an intersection is likely tracked by license plate number. But because these are not private, but “owned, maintained, or operated” by the federal, state, or local government”, any information taken from them must be accompanied by a warrant.

But they have been tracking cars by plate numbers for years. How long they keep it, I don’t know, but it is a certainty they were not installed there and sitting idle.

Each plate scanned stores the plate number, date, time, and location. Doesn’t even need GPS coordinates. Just a number designating the camera location. That is a very, very small dataset.

And storage is extraordinarily cheap, nearly limitless. So this data can be stored for very long periods of time. It can be accessed by any “authorized agency” with a warrant and the plate number may be unmasked to show the owner and the movements of that person over time.

Flock allows them to bypass all of this since it is “private” (ostensibly) surveillance data. They are not bound by the same laws that Federal, State, and Local agencies are, and the only limiting factor is who wants to pay to get access to that data, and if they are an “authorized” entity.

And those “authorized” entities are surely not you and me. They probably include nearly ANY Federal, State, and Local authority. Not to mention any foreign entity that has found a way to gain access to it.

Might they find THAT useful?


45 posted on 09/15/2026 8:09:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Skwor

Kinda like there is a fundamental difference between absentee ballots and mailins. The former is for military overseas while the latter is only for the DNC.


46 posted on 09/15/2026 8:24:17 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: Sirius Lee

Don’t say stupid things and you won’t be called out on it.

~~~

Right back at you.

Your being an ironic idiot for calling people stupid because you disagree with them.

I don’t hope a member of your family gets murdered and the police can’t solve the crime, although the thought popped into my mind for a quick send. Now I will be judged for it by a greater judge than you.

You’re afraid AOC comes into power, and you should be.
The surveillance state already exists with or without flock cameras. You could tear every single one of them down and it’s not going to affect what AOC does with the FBI and DOJ. It could, however, keep violent criminals from being found and convicted.


47 posted on 09/15/2026 8:47:23 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: NorthMountain; rlmorel; Redcitizen; grey_whiskers; Nervous Tick; Old Yeller; Maudeen; firebrand; ...
[it's about "Citizen Control".]

Definitely - in the Final Analysis fer sure

They're going to be Helpful until they
become a Tool for Total Tyranny

And they WILL be Globally-Deployed - so will
The Chinese Social Credit Score Systems

Oh, you DON'T have the MANDATORY 666 Mark of the Beast,
Global Citizen? A Flagrant Violation of the False Prophet
and his Directive to Worship the Antichrist Beast!



You are not allowed to BUY or SELL
(Bible - Book of Revelation 13:16-18; 14:9-12; 20:4)

The Whole World 🌍🌏🌎 IS heading towards the Beast System
The Mark WILL Consume and Divide people (Matthew 10:34-38, Luke 12:51-53)
MUCH worse than COVID-19(84); during the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:15-27)






Everything is just fine, Global Citizen!
NOW ... Will that be RIGHT HAND or FOREHEAD?





48 posted on 09/15/2026 8:51:03 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
It's starting to remind me of that tv series, Person of Interest. It's a bravescary new world... and getting scarier by the day. Looks like we are headed toward a world where no privacy is allowed and any sense of having privacy is merely an illusion.
49 posted on 09/15/2026 9:00:26 AM PDT by Danie_2023 (I'm America First, but I stand by Israel and against 'anyone' that acts against America or Israel.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Yes. An astute observation.

Leftists LOVE to do those kinds of things to "stick it in the faces" of the compliant "sheeple". Do you recall the name of the illegal and unconstitutional FBI probe into Donald Trump they named "Arctic Frost"?

Gee. An illegal surveillance of a sitting President they call "Orange Man" is code named after an orange tree.

Could be a coincidence, but I think not. They are so arrogantly proud of their "cleverness" and take great internal joy in it.

So, if they named it "Flock" for those reasons, it would not surprise me in the least.

50 posted on 09/15/2026 9:03:52 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: SaveFerris
Look at this. There is a company that takes pictures of entire football stadiums full of people with this kind of clarity:

You, as an ordinary citizen can view these by simply going to a website, putting in the date, stadium, and seat number and get this kind of picture above. In the picture above my face and companions are blurred out, but I can tell you that I could show that picture to anyone I know and they could easily and without any trace of uncertainty identify me 100% of the time.

And that is good enough for facial recognition, I am told. All they need to do is...do it. And they most certainly do, I am sure.

51 posted on 09/15/2026 9:09:40 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: rlmorel

Obviously not a Texas Longhorns football game.


52 posted on 09/15/2026 9:11:09 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

LOL, no. But I would bet money you could do the same for that stadium and event.


53 posted on 09/15/2026 9:12:56 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: z3n
Your being an ironic idiot for calling people stupid because you disagree with them.

”You’re”.

54 posted on 09/15/2026 9:26:12 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Sirius Lee

You win. My grammar disqualifies me!
Congratulations. Take a bow.


55 posted on 09/15/2026 9:29:47 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: rlmorel

Thank you for your well-reasoned analysis, FRiend. It increased my understanding of the issue with Flock.


56 posted on 09/15/2026 10:51:21 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Sirius Lee

If it (she maybe) was there and donned that smile, all I can say is what a ghoulish person! If it is just a stock image overlaid with her picture, it is incredibly poor taste, or someone else did it in response to a comment she mad to the effect of what is expressed therein.

What is the specific context here?


57 posted on 09/15/2026 11:11:45 AM PDT by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: Danie_2023; null and void; Red Badger; rx; rxsid; Diogenesis; MacNaughton; Nervous Tick; ...

I’m wondering if those GIFs
ARE from Person of Interest

They might just be

Maybe Person of Interest was a soft-sell
of AI Surveillance to the General Public?

Like Madam Secretary regarding Her Thighness
Hillary Diane Jezebel Rodham Hussein Clinton?

/shiny side out


58 posted on 09/15/2026 11:14:01 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: rlmorel

AND... Walmart

Guarantee you they have Facial Recognition

Because the same person can be banned across all Walmarts

I’ve heard of it happening from Walmart Asset Protection


59 posted on 09/15/2026 11:17:20 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

I actually don’t have much problem with it in focused uses in a private or corporate setting such as this. As a matter of fact, I will bet they have a disclaimer as you walk in that says something like:

“Walmart records activities in this store to help identify and prosecute customers involved in illegal activity.”


60 posted on 09/15/2026 11:31:28 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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