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2026-08-29 00:31 UTC

Cities Are Ditching Flock Safety Cameras – Then Hiring Axon to Do the Same Job 53 cities dropped Flock Safety over federal data sharing, then handed identical pole mounts to Axon In city council chambers across the country, officials have celebrated the removal of Flock Safety cameras as a privacy victory. Within months, Axon installation crews often appear on the same poles, bolting in replacement plate readers. According to TechTimes, 53 cities have canceled Flock contracts, citing unauthorized federal data access, false alerts, and mass surveillance of innocent drivers. Many aren’t abandoning license plate readers altogether — they’re switching vendors. The surveillance footprint isn’t shrinking. It’s rebranding. How deadset the politicians are on instituting mass surveillance shows the pressure they’re getting from their donors. The Epstein class must really be afraid. Not surprising since you got 2: and

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  • @artyom@piefed.social 2026-08-29 03:49

    Do they really think people won’t notice? Like what is the goal here? Are they really that stupid that they don’t understand that the company is not the main problem?

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