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  "path": "/threads/surveillance-of-your-life-for-profit-flock-cams-data-brokers-etc.2634835/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T05:11:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://forums.anandtech.com",
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  "textContent": "Do you support the extreme surveillance going on in our lives right now? Many are casually accepting constant surveillance of our travels, spending, income, property ownership, credit score, health, driving history. Flock cams everywhere, data brokers which sell your personal data to anyone including LE to skirt getting a warrant, etc. Some have even shown Flock cams can be hacked in to and data fed to them to observe and collect on anyone.\n\nSome cameras even have facial recognition so dont even have to be driving or even after you arrive, surveillance continues at your destination to collect more data.\n\nI saw one video of a guy who was pulled over from out of state. **They asked him questions they already knew the answer to as they had already had his nationwide travel history from Flock.** They were trying to see if he was being evasive as another reason to search his car, which they did.\n\nData collection, unannounced facial recognition and travel surveillance is out...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Surveillance of your life for profit? Flock cams, data brokers, etc."
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