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Gardner, Kansas just dropped Flock cameras — but they’re switching to Axon, same problem. The real scandal isn’t surveillance; it’s that police sold your driving data to 1,200 unknown companies. False imprisonments, officer stalking, and a complete governance vacuum. The crime-fighting tool became a crime-enabling tool, and nobody is auditing the supply chain.
Flock’s new surveillance rules are liability mitigation theater, not real reform. When cops are the customers, private companies can’t police them. The real problem isn’t weak rules—it’s that corporate terms of service have become a flimsy substitute for constitutional rights. Until we demand independent oversight, the cycle of abuse and press release will continue.
Cutting down Flock cameras feels like a win, but it accelerates the shift to invisible, legally protected surveillance. The real fight isn’t against hardware—it’s against the contracts and political consent that allow cameras to be installed. Here’s why activists should focus on city councils, not bolt cutters.
The Supreme Court’s recent geofence ruling targets the legal loophole that companies like Flock exploit to bypass the Fourth Amendment, potentially collapsing the mass surveillance business model built on tracking your every move without a warrant.