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oh yeah this flock system is absolutely worse than what I'm presenting. (I should have mentioned that)
It looks like flock is a private company, so it would be less rigorous than a government initiative. It also would lacks all those data/legal ringfences/firewalls that come with government things (e.g. HIPAA adjacent laws, computer system has extra security requirements)
You can absolutely imagine the chinese and russians trying to get some interns into Flock so they can do some of their own private looups. Now it's cheaper for a foreign government to track and monitor a single person, so they can now cast their net wider and target more dissidents.
Other companies might do underhand deals with Flock to get some info on a whistleblower. Send a few goons after them to harass or even kick them down the stairs in a convincing 'accident'.
Maybe they'll map out your behaviours. If you drive to a new location or maybe don't drive at all, then that might be recorded.
They could even cross-link it with other stuff. You happened to drive to novel location X when 3 other 'suspicious' characters also drove there? Suspicious.
You drove to an event that the government doesn't like? Maybe you can't give a talk at this years national defense conference.
You drove to another company during your PTO (and presumably did an interview)? We'll fire you early.