"Stop Cutting Down Flock Cameras!" (Mass Surveillance is Good)

 

There’s been a wave of freedom loving Americans who want to protect their privacy cutting down flock cameras. We’re told that flock cameras are just for our protection, meant to help catch criminals. In reality, they have you under constant mass surveillance. In this sketch, a company man from flock camera is roaming the streets, yelling at people for wanting to protect their privacy, as he tries to defend the flock cameras from being cut down.

"FLOCK" (a digital surveillance hardware and software manufacturer, is now the premiere supplier of LPR (license plate reader cameras) to United States Law Enforcement. On the one hand, these systems can help prevent, or solve notable crimes, but on the other... they represent a constant invasion of privacy with far reaching ramifications should the government ever decide to begin using the vast network for control of the populace. "Safety" and "security" are complex subjects, often requiring a certain degree of tradeoff, but our position after reviewing the business decisions of FLOCK, is that a proper balance is not being struck. This network marks the rise of something dangerous, as yet another step down the road of authoritarian control.