Potential for abuse is an issue that should be met with legal constraints, not an abandonment of video evidence. A world without Flock or competitors is still a world with hundreds of millions of cameras recording public spaces at all times. There is zero privacy in public spaces, it’s part of the name. That footage is inefficient to access, but does not require a warrant of any kind. It would not surprise me at all if the compliance rate on law enforcement asking for footage from most homes or businesses is above 90%.
I would much rather have an efficient system with strict rules around access vs an inefficient system where each investigation takes massive amounts of human time.
I would much rather have an efficient system with strict rules around access vs an inefficient system where each investigation takes massive amounts of human time.