"Flock Will Have Eliminated Crime In America" In 10 Years, Says CEO

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• ** *** ** ********** ** ***** investors *** *** (**** ** ****) that ****** ***** *****.

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• ** ************* ************** ** ******* ******* of ***** **** *** *** ************ calculated.
• ** ***** ********* ***** ********* *** threatening ******* ** ******** ************ ****** more ********** *** *********** **********.
• ** ****** ******** ***** ********* ********* (Flock ************ **** *** "********* *****" claim), ***** ***** ******* ** ********** what ***** *** **.

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Privacy / ***** ********* ********

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"Our ****...** ** ********* *****"

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** ***** ********** ****helps *** ***********, through one way or another, solve *****. And the main thing is, when you look at research done by academics, our goal isn't just to solve crime, our **** ** ** ********* *****. And the way you eliminate crime is make it harder to do. [Emphasis Added.]

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Solving **% ** ******

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***** ******* *** **** ***** ** all *** ****** **** ******** ** America *** **[***] ** ****a ****** **** ** * ******* ** ***** ** **** ***** ****. And there's a lot of crimes. [Emphasis Added.]

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Focus ** "********* *****"

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**** *** **** ** **, *** reasonit's **** ** ***** ***** ****** ** *****'* ***** *** ********. If you imagine you're an SDR [sales development representative], and being told, "Go book this deal. But I'm not going to give you their phone number, the name of the company, or their email address, but I need you to go book this deal. And that's the effective job of your average detective. [Emphasis Added.]

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**'* ****** ******. *** ** **** you **** ** **, ***clearance ***** *** ******** ********** ** *** **** ** ********, and I would say a lack of objective evidence, too. [Emphasis Added.]

"99.9% ** ***** **** ** ****** *************"

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***** ********** ***** ** ** **** if *** **** ** *** ********** reason *** ****** ** ****** *****,it's * ******* ********, *****? [Emphasis Added.]

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*********the ***** **** *** ********** **** ‘********* *****’ ** ******* *** ************ ***** ********* ****. To take just one example, how will ALPR help eliminate white collar crime? But even articulating that as a goal betrays an ***** **** ** *********** **** ********* ** *** **** ** **** ** * ************ ***** where the government and its corporate agents watch everything that all of us do, all the time, just in case we commit a crime. But that’s exactly what we’d have if ***** ******* ** *** ******* ***** *** **** ********** *******, which seems to be the company’s vision. [Emphasis Added.]

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Building ***** *********

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So ** ********* *** **** *** ******* ******. I tore them apart, soldered together a bigger battery and a solar panel, and Matt, who is one of the best developers I've ever met, maybe the best developer I've ever met, quickly put together a computer vision model, an Android app, put ** ** ** ** ******, *** *** ** * ****** **'** ******* ******* ******.

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