Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don't

Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by King-Aaron on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:31PM (#49252252)

I frankly do not trust a single word or single opinion of a person that doesn't see the immense problem with this kind of surveillance technology. They are either not arguing in good faith, making me question their entire agenda, or are simply not equipped to understand the implications.

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by ButlerianJihad on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:34PM (#49252280)

Have you ever seen Wim Wenders’ original, “Wings of Desire”?

I heartily recommend it to anyone who is irrationally opposed to state surveillance, (or, by extension if you simply resent the idea of an omniscient God) just because it is an achingly beautiful and true film that proposes a more reasonable viewpoint.

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by King-Aaron on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:43PM (#49252347)

> Have you ever seen Wim Wenders’ original, “Wings of Desire”?

Literally never heard of it, and honestly I'm not sure I care to if your response to my comment is thinking I'm "irrationally opposed to state surveillance".

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by PyWoody on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:48PM (#49252378)

Wings of Desire is a beautiful movie. It's probably my all time favorite. Bruno Ganz is sensational in it and Peter Falk has some great scenes, too.

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by King-Aaron on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:54PM (#49252413)

Did it cure you of an irrational aversion to being tracked by the government and corporate surveillance apparatus?

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by PyWoody on Monday August 10, 2026 @10:16PM (#49252570)

No, but it cures me ennui every time. 10/10. Would recommended if in tailspin.

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by iamnothere on Monday August 10, 2026 @11:49PM (#49253157)

In response I will offer “The Lives of Others.” Fiction, but historically grounded.

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by PyWoody on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:41PM (#49252326)

I'll bite: How is a movie about an angel falling in love with a trapeze artist pro state surveillance?

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Re:Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love... by poopbutt16 on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:55PM (#49252419)

Will it still apply if I'm rationally opposed to state surveillance?

Wait, lol do you thing an omniscient god and the state police are the same thing?

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