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This doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

First, maybe we can just eventually require Flock cameras to also record only to encrypted storage accessible by a judicial warrant. Presumably you are perfectly OK with that?

Second, privacy advocates have much to say about being surveilled at all, regardless of whether the data is encrypted or not. They’re opposed to recording at all, not recording and then the judge gets to randomly decide when to release recordings.

Finally, the UK is part of Five Eyes.

> maybe we can just eventually require Flock cameras to also record only to encrypted storage accessible by a judicial warrant

This is a private company's proprietary photography and derivative works. While counties and states might be able to insist on such stipulations as conditions of use of public right-of-way, no such requirements would be legal otherwise.

Home Depot's CCTV footage is no different than Flock's footage captured from their parking lot.

Sure but that's all aligned with what I wrote here.