77-Year-Old Republican Man Stages Solo Protest Against Flock Cameras
A 77-year-old Republican man is staging a solo protest against Flock cameras
Carl Gunn, a 77-year-old Republican, is staging a solo protest in St. Petersburg against Flock cameras, which he views as an invasion of privacy. While police argue these AI-driven surveillance tools help solve crimes, civil liberties advocates warn of mass surveillance risks. Gunn sits with a sign blocking the camera lens, drawing support from passersby and questioning the constitutionality of private companies profiting from citizen data collection.
I have a constitutional right to my privacy. I'm a law-abiding citizen, and I don't need anyone sticking their nose in my business. And if they do, I'm going to chop it off.
- ryandrake
Being against mass-surveillance should be a bipartisan struggle. Given our political polarization, each side is highly distrustful about what "the other side" will do with mass amounts of data about their side. This should be a cause that unites everyone.
- jubilee33
Why does it matter his political party? Many otherwise good people have fallen for a con of some sort at least once at some point it their life.
The man has some time and uses it in a non destructive manner to do what he thinks will help his community rather than just posting nonsense online, that in itself is commendable . I find the article trying to forment division by naming him a Republican...who cares, human privacy and the imbalance of power is something every American and even non Americans should care about.
- cogman10
These cameras aren't just invasive, they are expensive. Cities are paying a pretty penny to access a few web cams.
Last I looked it up, $2500 per year per camera in the surveillance area.
- JuniperMesos
> “We’re private citizens; we don’t need this stuff,” Gunn told CL. “And they’re reporting now that the Chinese have already picked up all of our voter registrations. They’re picking up more information on us, on how we live, and you know there’s a reason for it.”
This is the kind of comment that makes me think that a person is old - and therefore has had their values shaped by the concerns of the mid-20th-century - gets most of their information about the world via cable news, and isn't thinking very carefully about what is and is not likely to be a problem in their life. My dad, of similar age to this person, constantly gets angry about the Chinese getting some kind of information about ordinary American citizens, while being unable to clearly articulate exactly what this information is and why specifically this is a problem.
- WhyComboNadir
Equally informative title: A 77-year-old lactose-intolerant man is staging a solo protest against St. Pete’s Flock cameras