Those local governments that aren’t banning are getting a cut of the ad revenue they make off these real world ads.
Literally wake up what is wrong with you people
You would let them do anything! You are actually a liability now just for being so unbelievably ignorant.
It’s the high rep accounts sticking their neck out for Flock and YC so it seems like HN is in on it too.
YC (you want me to name the partners here? Or Flock’s YC advisors?)
> Marxism
Can someone please downvote this fool since it was never said
> I don’t like moral distortions
No you love them
"My cause is more important than honesty, and honesty could detract from the rage energy I need"
You see this is everywhere, and it (lack of rational discussion/reasoning) is soooo incredibly destructive to society.
We can stop Flock without having to make up lies. They do enough bad stuff that their is no need for deceit and conspiracy...
>Flock’s camera and accompanying software is geared towards private neighborhoods and neighborhood associations looking to decrease petty crime.[1]
[1]https://www.hypepotamus.com/flock-safety-funding-round-growt...
The scope is always the largest possible audience…
I've been on the internet too long to give credence to people who resort to conspiracy when data doesn't fit their desired narrative.
Founders own words
Unfortunately Google seems to have removed the ability to search only in specific time frames, but the original pitch I'm sure does exist out there.
There are over 350K HOAs in the US, so scaling to just HOAs would still be an undertaking
You don’t mention that they were reading license plates with cameras from Day 1 already tracking people - that was the technology and still is
"Yes, HOAs would honestly want plate readers.."
Bad look
Wake me up when HOAs are nationally detaining people.
It started as license plate readers and expanded to include identifying people by clothing, body type, etc. storing it in a database that communicates with surveillance networks in other cities.
That is literally mass surveillance.
Me and the founding mission of flock when it got seed funding from HN in 2017.
Flocks original goal was private security for HOAs, nothing to do with police/government. Hence this whole debacle here in the comments.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety
> From the moment we started Flock Safety, we had an incredibly clear, boldly audacious mission ... We provide a life-or-death product, a mission-critical system for cities
> When Demo Day was over, after we had booked meetings with investors and were well on our way to our first fundraising round, YC set the tone for scaling Flock doggedly, purposefully, and with consistent velocity, for years to come.
Damn, its almost like YC really set the stage for mass AI surveillance from the founders own mouth
It's not like they control it, manage it, and what was pitched may be significantly different than what happened since then.
YC isn't perfect, but what words you use, and their order is important. And the way you're phrasing it, you make it sound as if they are a subsidiary of YC. Or as if YC is on the board.
If any of these things are true, you should plainly state them. Otherwise, what you're saying is incorrect.