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https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/flock-safety-employees-watched-kids-151737512.html
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ChocolatePoopy
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/flock-safety-employees-watched-kids-151737512.html
kaijuuGold
shut it the fuck down
thehumancorpse
Fucking eww...
I feel dirty just reading that...
People suck.
Poppypoppoppop
OmNachoMama
I work in the security and surveillance industry. It's pretty concerning what security solutions companies are creating with video and AI. Do a little research, particularly on those companies that are hiring psychologists so that they can train AI to analyze behavior observed on video camera and potentially automatically dispatch First responders if they think someone looks like they could get violent. Everyday I become more aware of what's being developed, and you should too
straycatstrut
TIL there are enough license plates in children's gymnasiums to necessitate flock cameras
zylokun
So he got arrested and murdered right?!
monkeyfly
He knows who he's marketing to. No one involved in this is a good person. They can't be trusted to not use these tools to do the worst possible things.
enkille
hungoveratworkguy
SilverFoxChaser
If these come anywhere near my zip code they're getting shot off their platforms.
welcometothedystopia
Flock CEO is batshit insane on surveillance. Don't like flock? You're a terrorist now
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
Flock camera neutralization kit; a *saws-all* battery powered. A black hoody, face mask. A good one. 1/2 a dozen metal cutting blades. just in case. Dark *Blues Bros* sun glasses. Now, you're on a mission from God
bigboneded
I just have a green lazer...
sinistralguy
Americans have shown how easily they let things slide. Most pedos feel safe now that nothing came of the Epstein list so expect more of this
BrdCdn
Yep. Even the fucking Germans showed more back one in the 30s then Americans today. Complaining online is what they want you to do. Americans think online complaining and a peaceful weekend march is resistance and activism.
Resistance1000
https://deflock.org/
Also see:
https">imgur">flock.org/
Also see:
https://imgur.com/gallery/do-not-do-this-3uMHbCZ
/gallery/livable-wages-UmphLEU
Sebastopol140
Dafuq?
vericon151
I miss sauce… used to come standard, now it’s an add on it seems like.
jayman0123
https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-the-creepiest-sales-demo-of-all-time/article_a8f0cc6c-29d3-41f7-8668-8a855f760efb.html
RadicalRecluse
wood chippers will be the modern guillotine
mozrael
Here's a substack link with names and dates related to this post:
https://jasonhunyar.substack.com/p/welcome-to-dunwoodys-virtual-human
SacrificialClam
https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-the-creepiest-sales-demo-of-all-time/article_a8f0cc6c-29d3-41f7-8668-8a855f760efb.html
This is a letter to the editor piece, so there is zero verified context, for those asking.
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
It was supposedly for a "sales demo" too.
deadman320
Well ya he wants to sell to trump
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
That can't be good
MatureDendriticCell
It's really only fair and just for some group of tech minded individuals to find and publicly release his entire browser history.
WarThunderLeakedMySpecs
Ah, yes, the surveillance state; by pedophiles, for pedophiles.
Ebo352
Doom scroll winner of the day
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
Is anyone actually surprised?
marthafarquar
I kept getting complaints that every time the system was checked one CCTV camera was always moved to point at one corner of the gym and not providing a proper view of the space. It took way longer than it should have to find out one of the senior execs, in his 50's, was coming in early and moving it so he could sit in his office at lunchtime and jerk off to our 17 year old trainee doing yoga.
dirtmarker
Any proof? I mean I wouldn't doubt it can be true..I make it a habit to not believe most Twitter posts that lack evidence.
camn333
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/flock-safety-employees-watched-kids-151737512.html
funone77
@op you could include this in a post edit.
ChocolatePoopy
That was a great idea, I realized after the fact the image was a little sparse of context
dirtmarker
Thank you.
curialis
For some clarity on the "sales demo" part
Audit logs from the police network confirmed the Vice President bypassed the city's broader camera network to specifically view the live or recorded footage of the gymnastics facility.
Flock Safety and city officials defended the access as a "sales demo," claiming employees were using the footage to show prospective police clients the company's surveillance capabilities
realrealluckless
Two questions from someone who sells complex software systems.
1. Why does sales not have a dedicated Demo System they can access and show off?
2. Why the every living holy fuck does anyone in sales have direct access to live user data like that? Do they not have access security? Do they give credentials out like candy?
DVSBSTrD
Because they want power.
curialis
I think you missed the point that they are full of shit, b/c it doesn't make sense. This was a company VP who apparently has full access to the system not someone doing a sales demo. Kind of like Pete Townshend explaining that he had child pornography because he was attempting to expose a financial network linking international orphanages to British banks.
ParaspriteHugger
Most benevolent explanation would be that he had a child in there and couldn't make it to an event.
Unlikely, but one can hope.
Rijacki
Still would be no excuse why to include it in a demo to be shown to others.
realrealluckless
I think you missed my point that the company as a whole has a batshit insane system design that should be illegal to deploy in the first place...
curialis
1. They probably do have a demo system , they are full of shit and covering ass
2. This wasn't a sales person with access to the full system, it was a VP who most likely has full access to the system (and shouldn't)
I got you point and disagreed that this was a software system design issue. We have audit logs showing that a senior person is giving dumb ass excuses for their behavior and we aren't focusing on that person, we are talking about software system design.
FallenJester
It was a sales demo. To whomever leads pedo island these days
BastardMan1977
Well this makes me violently angry
BeaverOnFire
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eWs0M3Q3cjBuamplY3h1cnhzNjlxdWlkNHRzaWpsdjdqZXFxZ2ZzZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/R54jhpzpARmVy/200w.webp
georgejimmydoodle
We need 10,000 Luigis.
explainer
Be the Luigi
theworldcouldbeflat
Apparently not enough, how's the diarrhea going, Trump cuts have caused the problem, but now the world is literally laughing at how full of shit America is.
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BrdCdn
They are mocking the same false bravado I've seen here for years. Americans are always "so furious" about this shit. Then you fuckers elect Trump again and watch people get shot in the streets and south American fishermen get butchered by drones. You rich lazy fuckers don't know the meaning of resistance. Complaining online is meaningless. If you are so angry then fucking do something about your shithole country.
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BrdCdn
Been hearing that for years now. Doesn't feel like solidarity when people like Biden and Obama get in and target us economically too. The Dems are no stranger to using us as a domestic punching bag if not as severely. How many year of organizing do you need while you fuck over the world?
theworldcouldbeflat
Your dystopian nightmare is not my dystopian nightmare, these cameras are uniquely American, like the diarrhea problem.
Froggie243
"I'm 14 and this is edgy" energy in here rn
theworldcouldbeflat
The account is 14 years old, did you tap the name. Really it's more not a Pedo-Nazi energy.
EstoyPoopis
Dude, the fuck are you talking about. There are flock cameras right now, in my city, not plate readers (also plate readers) but in parks, especifically to assist police against crime.
The city police has a program where they use the flock cameras together with whatever bussiness' and private homes' own cameras that volunteer to the participate. Granted, there is a lot of restrictions to prevent police from abusing it, but so what, the system for city wide surveilance is being put in place.
EstoyPoopis
This is in Canada. Where you live, correct?
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theworldcouldbeflat
theworldcouldbeflat
The one people want to move to.
eromitlab
uh... why the fuck is there a flock camera in a children's gymnastics room?
ShadeMeadowsArt
Security?
isetprettygirlsonfire
"They are only license plate readers" - pedos installing these in daycares and parks
aslum
Gotta be prepared if there's a rogue hit and run in the gymnasium!
necessity
.. you know why. They just showed you.
DVSBSTrD
Ask the Vice President of Public Sector for Apptio, Bob Carter
distractedFreek
Specifically for this dude to log into it.
WholeWheatBunnyHugger
They said it was for a sales pitch to the police department. Showing what the cameras would help them see.
GerhardRammelhausen
They know their target audience
GenXHippie
Really the only question at the moment.
vonHoopla
Nah, plenty of others. Like how apparently anyone high up from the company can just access any flock camera anywhere for personal use.
GenXHippie
That is a solid choice as well. I’m still worried about the kids.
Bobuzo
Why do you think they are so cheap? Cause you're not the customer
Skuggen
I'd put money on "to keep the children safe from predators"
Shadowkrieger
Said the Republican, who has been convicted of crimes against children at least once
VictusVonGuyver
Or "make sure there are no trans kids in the gym"
TheDoctorCrankenstein
To the right wing, you just said the same thing twice.
GravyEducation
Helen Lovejoy made me do it
MassiveCollisionY
*other predators. Gotta read the fine print properly.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
For ... Keep them safe *for* the child rapists
Canigetbannedagain2
"So we can watch the predators, and take notes on their work."
ApplesdaKitty
They dontnneed a camera, they just need a mirror
NSFWfrontpage2
It's like the No Homers club, one predator is the limit
redtails2649
For the pedos
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
You know why. They know why. We all know why.
slopwizard
For pedophiles to watch children do gymnastics
BishlamekGurpgork
I mean, it's easy to imagine why an establishment would want a security camera there. Same reason you put one on a dark alley. If something happens, you want evidence.
Flock maybe is a shitty choice though.
PrecogFrogOnALog
Closed circuit
Badprenup
That's ideal for a lot of reasons, but a lot of organizations don't want the overhead of maintaining a CCTV system, especially if they want a large number of cameras. It may not always be cheaper to outsource it, but it's a lot easier and usually shifts any liability surrounding missing footage to the vendor.
Arbitrarynamehere
Police state or spend a little more on cctv...hmmmmmmm
johnathanrossshoulddie
Because the surveillance state and the Epstein Class venn diagram is a single circle
KAPTKipper
Future Crimes
BeaverOnFire
To help satiate the needs of the second cumming of Republican Jesus!
ticktockbent
The VP 'donated' it
RalphH
you really need to ask?
itxtalone
in theory they are expanding to just be general purpose security camera system. like, there probably was a normal security camera in that room anyway
SweetJackal
A number of "Smart Home Security Cameras" come with cloud access and an app service to check logged footage or remote view your cameras from any online device. Flock has a partnership with a number of these services to access their services and data under the claim to cross reference their information networks.
So that community center that installed a networked cloud based security camera as a cheap option to protect the building didn't know that Flock could access it most likely.
InnerBushman
Well for the wealthy pedophiles in power of course!
sharK11
pedophilia
ProjectDA
probably for when no ones there, but because flock controls it. its main purpose is for this, to voyeur children. dont worry trump will make sure nothing happens to them for as long as he can. then the GOP will protect them.
CityYeti
Thr vice president insisted
holmestrix
I think* access to the surveillance systems at the gym was handed over to flock. Not that they installed an LPR inside of the gym. Also not saying it makes it any less disgusting, just clearer. But I might be wrong.
RecurringNightmare
shshshshsh, you cannot just ask why the orphan crushing machine exists in the first place, thats heresy!
TyrannusEquus
Like the lobsters at the seafood place. You get to pick what you purchase.
xj4low
"You shouldn't worry about the cameras if you haven't done anything wrong"
ExTechOp
Ultimately, saying that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don’t care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say. Or that you don’t care about freedom of the press because you don’t like to read. Or that you don’t care about freedom of religion because you don’t believe in God.
— Edward Snowden, September 2019
TheMindEntropic
"I need privacy, not because what I do in private is questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are."
ovchew
It is not in the gym. Its Outside on a pole. He just pan tilt zoomed into the gym with the lenses. There would not be one in a private business.
atomfixes101
It is literally in the gym. Why did you make this up and post it as fact? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/flock-safety-employees-watched-kids-181539475.html
ovchew
"The community center agreed to share their cameras, including cameras in gymnastics rooms, pools, and fitness studios, with Dunwoody PD for emergencies." You would be correct. It was access to the private cameras.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
Says the Flock lacky
ovchew
Okay troll, use your head and think about it. I won't insult you. I will just remind you to think about how a camera from flock would in up in a private school gym?
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
Just so you know, calling someone a *troll* is insulting them. JFC did you not pass high school. or, worse, drop out? Me thinks someone else needs to use THEIR head...Open mouth, insert foot, fits here
CheeseB0t
It's more of a classification than an insult
atomfixes101
Cameras Literally named “gym” and “pool”
ovchew
https://jasonhunyar.substack.com/p/welcome-to-dunwoodys-virtual-human. After further review you would be correct.
fancyfeetz
Why is there a license plate reader in a community center?
tentacularfleshscape
Huntertroll
"License plate reader"
fancyfeetz
Yes.
BrockEffingSamson
In the same way your eyeball is a license plate reader, or your hand is a business card holder.
fancyfeetz
I never thought I’d see someone defending AI surveillance here on Imgur. But here you are.
BrockEffingSamson
The fuck are you taking about? You're in here pretending that Flock's panopticon is "a license plate reader" and you're angry at me? Eat shit. I hope the license plate reader doesn't peep on your kid's license plate while they're doing license plate gymnastics.
flornholio
they are not just license plate readers
BenYourFriend
POSIWID applies
OtterlyMagnificent
That's what Flock keeps saying they are. If that's not true, then they're guilty of false marketing.
BrockEffingSamson
But they don't say, "they're just license plate readers." You made that up.
Jarjarthejedi
They are guilty of WAY worse things than false marketing...
OtterlyMagnificent
Well yeah. They're trying to build Big Brother. But False Marketing is something they might be able to be taken to court for.
VladimirsKacs
I don't know about their ads (I'm not American and didn't know they had those, but apparently one ran during the SuperBowl with scandalous results?) But Wikipedia says that aside from reading plates (ALPR) they also do "video surveillance", and "gunfire locatoion". This was the surveillance.
Here's the cool part: the camera is owned (well, contracted to) the Marcus Community Center of Atlanta. It wasn't supposed to leak the center's data, but it did. To Flock. But why did they have the camera?
VladimirsKacs
Or not. That news was from April, and this is from 2 days ago. If it did happen to 2 separate Dunwoody community centers, that would be MFing disgrace, tho
ProjectDA
theres a constant stream of news about cops abusing these cameras, and long with flock employees.
VladimirsKacs
(A source has been added to OP and
A. It is the same incident, but
B. It has been the catalyst for people digging deeper into the logs, and boy was it note the only one (it's usually stalking, not pedophilia, but that's like picking the least smelly poop to eat - let's not.) Hopefully the assholes go to prison for this. Every one.)