That is NOT what the USA is, at the moment. Very happy not to live there, or go there in any capacity.
We used to think of ourselves as gradually getting better. Turns out that all that accomplished was to encourage resentment, and we finally got tired of pretending otherwise. I dunno if we can ever get back the illusion of improvement, since it will be clear for a very long time just how powerful the urge to cower is. I hope it's soon enough for you to come visit some day, because we do also have a lot of virtues, but for the moment it's not safe for the inhabitants, much less the strangers.
As dumb as it is that we've invited a corporation to spy with government approval, I suspect that less formal but still ubiquitous surveillance is coming for you, too, unless your government actively prevents it.
(The terrorist allegations are from an interview December of last year https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357850 )
trekkie99•1h ago
“life altering”? Oh so like a women and her kids being held at gun point while face down on the hot tarmac of a parking lot cause your stupid ai cameras got the wrong car.
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frankharv•27m ago
https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2026/04/17/dunwoody-floc...
How did a Jewish Community Center end up allowing FLOCK to access its security cameras?
Pool and Gymnastics seem like sensitive places unless PEDO.
jfengel•14m ago
An explanation rather than an excuse. But it's not entirely surprising that they would sign up for a service that might help them catch offenders.