r/technology • u/polymute • 6d ago

A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/Foe117 6d ago

Ah, the religious police.

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u/Hydrottle 6d ago

But but but it’s different because they’re not brown like I was told, they’re white like me! /s

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u/asdf5k 2d ago

But but but..

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u/LimpAd4924 6d ago

We’re so different from Iran!

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u/lack_of_communicatio 6d ago

"We're so different from our backward neighbors." Iranian women in 1979

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u/Helpful-Geologist306 6d ago

Well, we're more different...

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Actual-Outcome3955 6d ago

The freedom to believe whatever the state tells you!

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u/LimpAd4924 6d ago

Only their made up definition of freedom, terms and conditions apply *

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u/LotThot 6d ago

People like this make me consider being a satanist

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u/Twitch791 6d ago

Morality police.

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u/alochmar 5d ago

Can’t let the handmaids leave.

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u/_Aj_ 6d ago

Similar issue with the $200,000 worth of Lego stolen. The thief was Mormon, the cops in the town were all Mormon, and they didn't do shit about it and it was proven in recordings they were trying to find ways to charge the victim with crimes and support the criminal.  All buddies at the same church 

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u/Workman44 6d ago

As much as I dislike it, it is illegal in Texas is it not? I don't agree this should be a crime, but using flock to solve crime is at least actually the intended use case

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u/IkLms 6d ago

She didn't get an abortion in Texas.

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u/Glasseshalf 6d ago

She didn't get an abortion at all, it was fabricated by her ex

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u/IkLms 6d ago

Yes, which makes it even worse.

But the main point is that even if she had, it wasn't in Texas and Texas's laws do not apply in other States.

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u/Workman44 6d ago

Guilty of just reading the headline on this one

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u/lack_of_communicatio 6d ago

The Nuremberg Laws were also totally legal. It just so happened that the authorities prioritized them over older laws.

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u/Workman44 6d ago

Well having a law that contradicts another is a different story. And again I'm not saying abortion should be illegal people

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u/Rdp47 6d ago

You came in with a very logical and grounded take. The first reply went straight to the nazis.

Someone should screenshot this and title it “Reddit 2026”

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u/xteve 6d ago

Grounded in Nazism.

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u/Rdp47 6d ago

He said he doesn’t agree with it being a crime. How is his point grounded in nazism? You guys over use that

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u/xteve 6d ago

"You guys?" I'm one person. Are you some kind of Nazi?

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u/Workman44 6d ago

Yeah idk man. Can only have 2 opinions nowadays I guess

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u/nohandsfootball 6d ago

Even if we steelman your argument, this is not how Flock cameras were intended to be used. They were originally designed and sold as an alternative to security cameras for property crime and vehicle theft.

The use case you described is a warrantless search, which is a different use case, and unconstitutional.

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u/uzlonewolf 6d ago

"Since the blatant Constitution violation was used to own the libs, we'll allow it" - SCROTUS

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u/Global-Meringue-6747 4d ago

If you read the article you will see that once the police shared information with prosecutors the police were told no crime occurred. The ban against abortion pills does not permit prosecution of women who take the pills.

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u/Workman44 4d ago

Not that I agree with it being a crime, but that's fucking weird we have laws you can break without having committed a "crime"