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▲ jonplackett a day ago

There should be a distinction between helping the military and helping a police state.

Eg. Flock cameras don’t help the military but do help the police state.

▲BigTTYGothGF a day ago | parent | next [-]

Military tech often flows to cops.

▲asveikau a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Part of the reason we're seeing objectionable government action now is because we militarized law enforcement tasks and equipment in the post-9/11 era.

▲pstuart a day ago | parent [-]

Let's not forget the War on Drugs -- that's been the baseline for police oppression for decades (well before 9/11).

▲lukan a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In case of ground invasion (or just to detect enemy drones in the sky) having access tonlots of cameras is of military use.

▲rpdillon a day ago | parent | next [-]

Not a likely scenario, FWIW: https://www.military.com/history/5-reasons-why-geography-ame...

I would expect any invading forces would need to be surveilled by planes or satellites, or perhaps drones, since they would immediately destroy something like flock cameras.

▲__MatrixMan__ a day ago | parent [-]

You're assuming that the invaders can't just buy, hack, or social engineer, access to the cameras from Flock. Lately it has been social engineering: https://www.404media.co/floridas-wildlife-cops-are-searching... but there's also a concern that the cameras themselves have compromised supply chains and may serve other masters: https://www.404media.co/new-jersey-used-covid-relief-funds-t...

▲perfectbeeing a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In the case of Iran, having access to tonlots of cameras proved to be an incredible assets for a neighbor’s military.

▲ModernMech a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What’s more likely is that an aspiring dictator illegally uses the military for domestic police operations, then military and police use is the same thing.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/cour...

▲jonplackett a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you are just playing devil’s advocate.

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▲vablings a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The constitution is legislation protecting you