alt Hacker NewsCompany directly lies to governing body of city. Is found out the next day. Loses contract. Attacks city online afterwards.
This isn’t about surveillance states, it’s about companies run by idiots.
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What if the surveillance state is also run by idiots?
This just sounds like the standard playbook for this crowd (by which wide brush I mean authoritarians and their enablers). They really hate being called on their lies, and their immediate response is to attack with whatever comes to hand (press release, xeet, the DoJ…depends on the person).
Why not both?
Re ICE having access to data: "Flock said that they did not, when they did, but that it was not their problem".
Just like it's "not their problem" that in a state where certain types of data sharing is not permitted. There's nothing they'll change in the agency's account to prevent it. They'll even offer training on it. Because it's "not their problem".
Ironically, Flock might create enough backlash to trigger regulations against surveillance. They're certainly an example of what not to do.