hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search
Why is this a reality? Tokyo is not like this. There was a lot less of this petty criminality 10 years ago.
🔥 Score 52.8
SurveilSafe: Citizen Surveillance Tracker
Citizens are increasingly targeted by law‑enforcement surveillance tools that can cross state lines for pretextual searches, eroding privacy and trust. SurveilSafe gives individuals and advocacy groups real‑time alerts and a searchable archive of surveillance requests, empowering them to challenge misuse and restore accountability.
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complaint frequency
6
growth rate
10
competition density
10.5
monetization potential
11.62
technical feasibility
7.5
search interest
7.2
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Raw Postshn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search
Flock provides tools and information that influence and encourage bad behavior from police.Yes, we need laws to help stop this. Ideally, those laws should entirely destroy Flock's business model and lead to its bankruptcy.The issue is not whether cameras are useful for law enforcement. The issue is how that camera information is managed and overseen. What Flock is doing would fit right in in a cartoon authoritarian state, but it doesn't belong in the real world.