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Great concept. Had this idea myself recently.

Thank you! If you try it out let us know how it goes!

Openclaw

Are there others in this space doing a good job? Curious about what else is tackling this.

Which of the competitors do you think have a unique take, or are doing a good job?

Which are you thinking of? Any that work well?

It builds a map of your life without you knowing. Thousands of cameras snapping your plate over months means someone can piece together that you go to a certain church, a certain doctor, a certain bar, or a certain person's house. You never agreed to that, and you can't see it happening.

There's no warrant and often no real oversight. Normally police need a judge's permission (a warrant) to track someone. Flock can let them search where your car has been without that step, which is why people call it "warrantless surveillance." And it's been misused: several towns like Oshkosh and Appleton canceled their Flock contracts over privacy concerns and several incidents of misuse by law enforcement.

You don't control the data, and the rules can change. This is a big one. When Brookings agreed to install the cameras, the city was promised it would own the data, that retention would be temporary, and that Flock would not sell the information, with the contract stating Flock does not own and shall not sell customer data. Then in February 2026 Flock rewrote its terms, granting itself a perpetual, irrevocable license to use and disclose all customer data, and deleted the promise not to sell that data. So data collected about you can outlive the promises that were made when the camera went up.

https://www.wbay.com/2026/05/12/local-communities-cancel-flo... https://www.brookingsregister.com/2026/05/22/letter-to-the-e...


> Thousands of cameras snapping your plate

And another thing to note is that it goes way beyond just reading license plates. It's building a profile and lets them search based on it. It captures things like bumper stickers and what the people in the car look like.


What's the difference between you and emdash and conductor and t3


Conductor and t3 - We don't build on top of the SDKs and don't plan to. As a terminal first we give you the flexibility to work between the different CLI agents CC, Opencode, Codex, etc. to get the latest features.

Emdash more similar but we're planning on investing more into allowing you to script and automate the app + agents more with our CLI.


I'm telling you, every time I see someone driving one it's the biggest dweeb alive


I'm about as AI-pilled as anyone. Stitch is the only Google powered AI product I use. How are they winning?


Never heard of it, seems like a Wix / Canva knock-off?


Have you missed the lessons of the last 25 years of US involvement in the middle east I guess?


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