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Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow

https://twitter.com/LocumRex/status/2092993787605717176
34•lorecore•1h ago

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deepc4life•58m ago
I'd hope he did! I hope all of you do to. This isn't information you want so easily publicly available. It's a pretty easy request.
lorecore•57m ago
And yet there’s no way to get yourself blurred in Flock videos.
uberman•47m ago
Yes, an here in lies the hypocrisy of our times where tech titans can have their information removed from public data sources (anyone remember the guy tracking Musk's plane?) while amassing staggering quantities of data about everyone else. Then have the gall to call for a "compromise" on their collection and selling of this data and our privacy.
jordanb•9m ago
The first key feature of the Panopticon is that the guards can observe the inmate at all times and he can't hide.

The second key feature is that the inmate can't observe the guards, don't know who they are and can't even know if they're paying attention to him or not.

darrylb42•37m ago
I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred, now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious. Because I am physically close I can just look at the house if I wanted to. Someone "special" lives there.
schiffern•22m ago
I'm confused. If he has nothing to hide he has nothing to fear, right?

Seems like some Good Samaritan should set up a mobile pole camera (or twelve) outside his house 24/7. Rest easy, it's all being done for his own safety!

jordanb•11m ago
The guy gives me unhinged stalker vibes whenever he does an interview.
xvxvx•36m ago
Tells you all you need to know about Flock.
higginsniggins•17m ago
Flock ceo attempts to stop people using online photo system from stocking him…

…

Hmmmm…

dessimus•11m ago
I mean, I wouldn't want to be boiled into a soup or stew either.
bastawhiz•6m ago
Didn't this man just go on record saying the public needs to "compromise" on privacy?

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