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Re:Show HN: Gemini can now natively embed video, so I built ... by Ajedi32 on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @03:27PM (#47507807)
Most cameras are also not queryable by any one person or organization. They are owned by different companies and if the government wants access they have to subpoena them after the fact.

The problems start cropping up when you get things like Flock where governments start deploying cameras on a massive scale, or Ring where a single company has unrestricted access to everyone's private cameras.

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Re:Show HN: Gemini can now natively embed video, so I built ... by Spivak on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @03:56PM (#47508182)
I think Flock is just a symptom of the underlying tech becoming so cheap that "just blanket the city in cameras" starts to sound like a viable solution when police rely so heavily on camera footage.

I don't think it's a good thing but it seems the limiting factor has been technological feasibility instead of any kind of principle against it.

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