Benn Jordan thinks the surveillance problem is much bigger than Flock
The short version
Benn Jordan highlights significant surveillance concerns beyond Flock, advocating for privacy transparency amidst local pushback against surveillance technologies.
Key takeaways
- Flock is facing contract cancellations and an investigation.
- Critics view Flock as a symptom of broader surveillance issues.
- Local governments are increasingly scrutinizing surveillance programs.
Overall sentiment
MixedThe article discusses both critical public backlash and ongoing concerns about surveillance practices.
AI classification of the article’s tone. Coverage is based on the provided article text, which discusses Benn Jordan's views and experiences related to surveillance issues.
Sources cited by the article
- have begun canceling contracts ↗
- reported ↗
- opened a probe into Flock ↗
- deride any critics as left-wing terrorists and that did not work ↗
- getting rid of Flock cameras and being anti-Flock, ↗
- here ↗
- testified in front of Congress ↗
- sign up here ↗
- The Vergecast ↗
- Decoder podcast ↗
- covered Axon before ↗
- Jamie Siminoff from Ring on the show ↗
- you will “zero out crime.” ↗
- how I met [cybersecurity researcher] Jon Gaines ↗
- were open on the internet ↗
- having never been hacked ↗
- downloading it on my own machine ↗
- welcomed Flock ↗
- pushing back on Kevin O’Leary, ↗
- saying phones don’t have a light ↗
- make a video once a week insisting that he is not listening to you ↗
- WORM ↗
- a lot of trouble ↗
- Jamie was on every news network in town ↗
- footage that we saw was even from Ring cameras ↗
- Have I Been Flocked? ↗
- IPFS ↗
- set up Wi-Fi scanners and Bluetooth scanners outside ↗
- Brendan Keefe from Atlanta News First ↗
- which I did ↗
- storing an image in a bird ↗
- The Tesla Roadster could have stayed vaporware ↗
- Honey, Xbox shrunk its controller ↗
- As a TV enthusiast, I was hoping for more from the Apple TV 4K ↗
- The Ocarina of Time remake feels remarkably modern — and surprisingly terrifying ↗
- The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is almost the Android tablet we needed ↗
- Terms of Use ↗
- Privacy Policy ↗
- Privacy Policy ↗
- Terms of Service ↗
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