Flock's biggest investor also backs a company that can rewrite camera footage

https://www.techspot.com/news/113395-flock-biggest-investor-also-backs-company-can-rewrite.html

Andreessen Horowitz, which led Flock's $275 million funding round in March 2025, has also backed Toka, an Israeli cyber-intelligence company that has reportedly developed tools capable of breaking into connected cameras and manipulating their footage.

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Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 23 pts · 48d (1 reply)

Man thats weird I wonder why they'd invest in flock

wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 48d

Certainly, just a coincidence, I'm sure.

MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 48d

Sure would be nice if this was just conflict of interest. Fuck this timeline.

Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 48d (3 replies)

So, once video evidence becomes unusable as a source of the truth, they also don't win, right? It may take time, and a lot of fuckery, but it's only so long until someone uses it to frame prosecutors and judges, it's kind of a battle of attrition at that point

Granted, they are on the other side of the class divide generally, but this all seems like a really easy thing to fight fire with fire on

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 47d (2 replies)

Yeah my first thought was why invest in both a video evidence company and a video invalidation company. I guess to hedge bets, but it’s really just because they can make plenty of money on e before it is invalidated.

Darker timeline is just merging the 2 companies so they have the perfect tool to arrest and oppress whoever they want.

Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Your last point I imagine is the goal of it all, no doubt they already do that with whatever methods available, just another tool in the toolbox I suppose

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 47d

Vertical scumbag integration.

Frellwit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 47d

Sounds like the TV show The Capture.