It's the phones and the propaganda being streamed through them 24/7. And if your reaction is, "the rest of the Western world has that too," well, they're really not all that far behind us.
It would be nice to think this will significantly hamper Flock and its goals and methods in any way, but it will probably just have the effect of selecting for the employees who are either true believers, or are desperate enough that they'll keep their heads down and get good work done just to keep their jobs.
Sporadic vandalism, a handful of canceled contracts, some employee morale problems, all of this falls far short of the organized campaign of resistance that would be needed to roll back Flock at this point. Flock really should be the last nail in the coffin of Edward Snowden's libertarian take that mass surveillance can be fought only with individual action and technology rather than political movements.
I cannot believe how tone deaf this quote is. Mind boggling. Veep, torture nexus-level parody.
> “Because you go on to X or you go on to Reddit and you go, why are people so mad at us when we've been doing the same thing for nine years?” Langley said. “And why are they so mad at us for things we don't do? And we just want people to be safe.”
I find this story to be heartwarming. I hope the employees flee to companies with missions and products more worthy of their talents.
Flock seeks to shed whistleblowers via financially-motivated self selection
> And we just want people to be safe.
We’d all be safer if we were in jail (sorry to give the clown ideas)
> And we just want people to be safe.
Heh. Real-world occurrence of Silicon Valley "We just want to make the world a better place" (also $billions, mainly that actually)
Been to America the other week on IT conference honestly felt like I was in prison since the moment I landed my boots on your soil
A disturbing amount of people so not recognize the fact. An even higher percentage willingly supports their own disenfranchisement.
It's amazing what easy access to meat, processed food and Walmart does to your brain.
It's the phones and the propaganda being streamed through them 24/7. And if your reaction is, "the rest of the Western world has that too," well, they're really not all that far behind us.
https://archive.is/9FuDK
I wonder if something similar will happen to Palantir et al.
It would be nice to think this will significantly hamper Flock and its goals and methods in any way, but it will probably just have the effect of selecting for the employees who are either true believers, or are desperate enough that they'll keep their heads down and get good work done just to keep their jobs.
Sporadic vandalism, a handful of canceled contracts, some employee morale problems, all of this falls far short of the organized campaign of resistance that would be needed to roll back Flock at this point. Flock really should be the last nail in the coffin of Edward Snowden's libertarian take that mass surveillance can be fought only with individual action and technology rather than political movements.
Oh nooooooo! /s
I cannot believe how tone deaf this quote is. Mind boggling. Veep, torture nexus-level parody.
> “Because you go on to X or you go on to Reddit and you go, why are people so mad at us when we've been doing the same thing for nine years?” Langley said. “And why are they so mad at us for things we don't do? And we just want people to be safe.”
I find this story to be heartwarming. I hope the employees flee to companies with missions and products more worthy of their talents.