Breaking ranks with Kent and Kent State University, the Brimfield Township Trustees recently approved a one-year, $12,000 contract renewal with Flock Safety, a technology company that provides public and private entities with license plate readers and other surveillance capabilities.
The township has four Flock cameras, two in the commercial area along Tallmadge Road and two by the hotels on state...
Read moreThere may be some good reasons for Flock cameras in Brimfield as some trustees said. But there is also a good reason for not having them. It is privacy. Weigh the odds but don’t infringe on people’s privacy. Flock cameras can be misused and that is why many townships and cities have quit using the cameras. Be careful Brimfield!
What privacy??? When I called my credit card company to let them know I would be traveling so they don’t put a lock on my card because of suspicious activity this is what they said.
You don’t have to call now we TRACK YOUR CELL PHONE. Wow what privacy. Who gave them the right to do that
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John, the credit card companies do not track your cell phone; they AI align your purchases. if you buy a ticket to fly to Denver, “they” know that a rental car purchase, gas, etc., is really you. If you drive across the country instead of flying, “it” knows you really are the one using the card at a gas station a thousand miles from home because you used it 300 and 600 miles from home.
As creepy as it is, it is the logical consequence of the convenience.
I have had my credit card number “stolen” more times than I can count, because AI alerts them to the fact that I did not make a purchase in California when it “knows” that I could not possibly be there.
Flock cameras of course, are a great tool for the police… but should we pay the price of “safety” in exchange for being surveilled? Based on what we are seeing in other countries, I do not think so. I do not trust our tech overlords for one minute.
With respect, the logic you present suggests that the price of convenience – no/less privacy – from computer/AI use is acceptable, but potential better safety from flock cameras – another source of less privacy – is unacceptable.
So convenience outweighs better security.
I dislike both, btw; old enough to recall quite well the world before tech in most incarnations, and wise enough, in my own view, of course, to believe there is a much better path that uses tech as a tool, certainly, but quite limited, quite regulated, and not as a path towards hyper-convenience (can’t think of a better term)…and extreme loss of privacy.
Contrarily, I suppose, I’ve never understood the claims that a photo snapped of someone in a vehicle is a potential loss of privacy. I mean, from a perspective it is, but so is a selfie that captures a crowd, etc. And more to my point, operation of a vehicle is a privilege; it is not a right, not a guarantee.
Rick I am sure they do all of that to . I just repeated what the credit card agent said to me when I phoned in to let them know I was traveling.