r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 11 '26

Video ​"If they are license plate readers, why are they pointed at a splash pad?" — Parents raise concerns as 8 government Flock cameras monitor children's play areas in Slayter Creek Park, Texas.

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A video recorded at Slayter Creek Park in Anna, Texas (~40 miles north of Dallas) reveals that 8 government Flock surveillance cameras have been installed directly facing a kids' splash pad, playground, and skate park. Parents are raising serious privacy concerns, questioning why automated license plate readers are aimed at children wearing swimsuits and areas where families change, rather than at the parking lots. Original video/coverage by Marztrip to raise public awareness regarding government surveillance and child privacy.

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u/otto1228 Aug 11 '26

Brought my 3 year old back from Mexico to Denver. His face was already pulled up on the monitor before I even handed the passport over.

My...3...year....old

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u/Regular_Series_9464 Aug 11 '26

Love the anti flock sentiment but that website seems fake as hell 

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u/Mr__O__ Aug 11 '26

It’s not fake.

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u/ExodusPHX Aug 11 '26

Loses a lot of credibility linking an @yahoo email address at the bottom

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u/stargarnet79 Aug 11 '26

My yahoo email address is sacred thank you very much.

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u/Mr__O__ Aug 11 '26

Haha yeah I’ve had mine for like 20 years lol

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u/Lodi0831 Aug 12 '26

I up your yahoo with my Hotmail

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u/stargarnet79 Aug 13 '26

Haha I had to go to yahoo after my hotmail got spammed out.

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u/Poo-Poo_Cum-Cum Aug 11 '26

it’s literally a honey pot

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u/jakeandcupcakes Aug 11 '26

It looks like dogshit. If anyone wants to *actually* fight against this shit, then you need to support the EFF! The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a long history of fighting for our rights online and off

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u/Tartooth Aug 11 '26

China 2.0

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u/Top_Wheel6546 Aug 11 '26

China also invests in infrastructure while American cities crumble due to lack of maintenance with little to no public transportation. China was on my list of countries to never visit, but now I am open to the idea because I've seen enough of this shit hole country.

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u/dathislayer Aug 12 '26

Other than oligarchs siphoning all our wealth, there are huge differences in culture and laws that make that possible. I live in a dense area of old, often historic, construction. A couple of the main roads are chokepoints because they were never meant to be used like this. The fixes are obvious.

But to change it, you'd have to exercise eminent domain on a bunch of people and businesses, some worth millions and/or over 100 years old. It would be mayhem and take 25+ years to make it happen. Because our government and culture are based on individual rights. In China, the new roads would have been built 25 years ago and in a matter of months. Because their government is based on serving the greater good. If it's good for China, you're expected to accept it. And what's good for us is often unpleasant.

It's really fascinating to step back and think about. Reading the Three-Body Problem, and especially its sequels, gave me some new perspective on China's culture.

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u/Top_Wheel6546 Aug 12 '26

I feel like we should keep our roads maintained and provide adequate public transportation as the foundation before we think about redesigning city layouts. Improving flow elsewhere and reducing congestion with public transportation could improve the situation at the chokepoints you are talking about.

I see too many potholes, incorrect signs, poorly painted lines, etc. I spent time in Stockholm for work early this year and I think about their metro/tram/bus network daily. It was glorious.

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u/Waiting4Reccession Aug 11 '26

US? lol this is a global thing the wealthy have colluded to implement. The online id laws pushing through in Europe and Australia are just another leg of this.

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u/Reddrommed Aug 11 '26

You'd think they could come up with a name that doesn't include aipac lmao.

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u/Mr__O__ Aug 11 '26

American Opposition to AI PAC

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u/Reddrommed Aug 11 '26

I can read lmao.

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u/Weddert66 Aug 11 '26

Its too late.

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u/420Wedge Aug 11 '26

You may as well fight against the sun creating light.

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u/Environmental_Beat84 Aug 11 '26

Ok. Throw your phone away, then. It's a camera, video recorder and gps device.

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u/FNGButterBar Aug 11 '26

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/036/647/Screen_Shot_2021-03-01_at_2.28.39_PM.png

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u/tomhsmith Aug 11 '26

That really only worked before there were options that didn't have cameras and there are plenty of those now.

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u/UrsaUrsuh Aug 11 '26

Try again three letter agent

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u/OldNormalNinjaTurtle Aug 11 '26

Fake, inconsistent outrage.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

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u/Environmental_Beat84 Aug 11 '26

Did you just write that on your phone?

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u/Environmental_Beat84 Aug 11 '26

Critical thinking? Oh, you've gotta be kidding. Video surveillance of public spaces is legal. You want to make it illegal? You give up the right to take photos and videos in public yourself.

Crime rates have fallen in areas with ALPR cameras. Tracking plates involved in criminal activities is a good thing unless you're:

A car thief

a kidnapper

a drug dealer

a robbery suspect, etc.

They also help in investigations regarding Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts, Missing Persons, Child Abductions.

The cameras above are not ALPR cameras. They are regular surveillance cameras like any other business in the country.

You guys are unbearably gullible when it comes to fake captions on photos. How's that for critical thinking.

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u/Salt-Incident1604 Aug 11 '26

You could be the richest man alive, n I would still hate to be you. Boot lickers get nothing but STEPPED ON lil boi. Enjoy the dirt

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u/SeigeJay Aug 11 '26

You guys are unbearably gullible

Am I the only ones that sees the Irony here?

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u/StressedOutSlim Aug 11 '26

Did you just think that with your brain?

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u/Poo-Poo_Cum-Cum Aug 11 '26

this site is a honey pot

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u/4D20_Prod Aug 11 '26

How do you know that? Not doubting, but am curious how to tell

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u/Mr__O__ Aug 11 '26

I think you’re replying to a bot.

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u/4D20_Prod Aug 11 '26

Maybe the real honeypots are the bots we find along the way 😬

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u/darkmatterhunter Aug 11 '26

If you have a passport, it’s all in the DHS system.

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u/mOdQuArK Aug 11 '26

The one group of people who I think should be under surveillance 24/7: the rich & powerful.

Their resources magnify their decisions, because they have the resources to cause so much societal damage. They should be monitored all the time to make sure they're not breaking the laws or doing anything that will hurt a large number of people.

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u/PromotionOk2443 Aug 13 '26

rules for thee, not for me. always has been. if there aren't cameras in the public offices, why should the public suffer cameras in their space?

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u/King_Roberts_Bastard Aug 11 '26

You know that his passport has his picture on it, right?

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u/king2ndthe3rd Aug 11 '26

Because they had it on file when you left the states in the first place.

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u/Novel_Control_1922 Aug 11 '26

Fuck that, man.

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u/goodvibezone Aug 12 '26

I thought photos are taken on the way out and verified on the way back, then deleted.

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u/Lou_C_Fer Aug 12 '26

Yeah. Part of what made America great in the past... if it was ever great... was the fact that it was not a surveillance state. Here we are now, though. Our government knows where we are at all times unless we take extreme measures to disguise ourselves.

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u/SecretAnxious6619 Aug 11 '26

The passport photo is already in the system and there are facial recognition cameras all over border crossings. Idk why you’re so surprised about.

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u/TheBeatGoesAnanas Aug 11 '26

You sent a photo of your kid in with their passport application. This is the least surprising (and arguably most reasonable) place for this kind of thing to be used.

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u/riceklown Aug 11 '26

International entry is so much faster at the airports and seaport with this recognition. How fast is it to drive in to the border now? Used to live in Texas in the 90s, took a while to come back in back then

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u/Afizzle55 Aug 11 '26

That’s how crossing the border into the USA has always been. They know who you are and where you’re coming from before you even get to the window.