Do Americans care less about privacy than data centers?

Flying under the radar

In Dayton, city workers have wrapped Flock surveillance cameras in trash bags.

This after residents protested that their data was shared with ICE for immigration enforcement.

Flock pitches itself for safety and crime prevention. It’s working: they’ve installed 100,000 cameras in 49 states and nearly every major American city.

Local protests are building, but they’re nothing like the pitchforks coming for data centers.

This is because Flock has an easier story to tell.

• Its benefits are more vivid: Catching a kidnapper or creating 200 new jobs?

• Its downsides are less visceral: Big Tech’s stealing my water or Big Brother’s watching?

And nobody notices Flock’s cameras, which are small, solar powered and easy to install.

Flock’s low profile won’t last forever. Surveillance cameras have real tradeoffs, and most cities signed on without debating them.

Otherwise, like the shepherd said…let’s get the Flock out of here 😂