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Feild
@feild.work

Here in San Francisco the sneaky way we’re getting our Flock cameras is that Mayor Lurie lets his billionaire friends buy them as a “gift” to the city. Don’t need to argue over budgets when oligarchs get to pick their pet projects

missionlocal.orgCrypto billionaire's company, nonprofit to give over $9M to S.F. police for surveillance unitRipple founder and billionaire Chris Larsen continues prolific donations for police surveillance technology.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social

$1 fee on auto insurance. A settlement with Big Pharma intended to help opioid victims. This money has been spent by state and local governments... to purchase Flock cameras. One reason people don't trust these things is that they've been installed in such sneaky ways. prospect.org/2026/09/01/h...

prospect.orgHow You’re Paying for All These Flock Cameras - The American ProspectMoney intended for treatment of the opioid crisis and insurance fees to stop auto part theft have instead gone to installing AI-fueled license plate readers.

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