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Benn Jordan

Benn Jordan is an American musician and video essayist. He releases music as the Flashbulb and publishes commentary on audio engineering, technology and privacy.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Benn Jordan on 2026 Midterm Elections, Law Enforcement, and License-Plate Surveillance, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Benn Jordan

Benn Jordan

Role at the time: Musician and independent security researcher, debating on Open to Debate

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Statement summary

Jordan argues that the security risks he has investigated justify stopping current camera use until the systems can be deployed securely.

“And to me, just from the stuff that I’ve, I’ve shown on my channel, this is a solid risk-based argument in itself to unplug the cameras until we could figure out how to deploy them securely.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Transcript: Should Cities Pull the Plug on Flock Cameras?Benn Jordan at 03:06; Ramin Fatehi at 35:12
Why we used this label

Jordan supports unplugging the cameras for now and conditions future deployment on being able to deploy them securely.

Read statementShould Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?

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