Replacing one system of surveillance with another isn't a win. And the system some cities are replacing their Flock cameras with could be even more intrusive.
Yeah it was the branding that was the problem. If this leads to multiple smaller companies replacing them, though, that is, arguably, a marginal improvement. If all of the tracking data is not centralized through one company, then it is more difficult to combine all of that data trackers to get one cohesive record of ones movements over a larger area. But that is really only a temporary fix until they all work together to streamline datasharing.
Yeah it was the branding that was the problem. If this leads to multiple smaller companies replacing them, though, that is, arguably, a marginal improvement. If all of the tracking data is not centralized through one company, then it is more difficult to combine all of that data trackers to get one cohesive record of ones movements over a larger area. But that is really only a temporary fix until they all work together to streamline datasharing.