I'd argue its not the technology, but how big corporations like Flock use this tech.

I also think its an affordability problem, its radicalising to see people unable to afford storage and memory while the consumer market shrinks all while the big tech and military see the benefits.

They left out the kitchen sink: “adversarial actors, including state-sponsored entities, criminal groups, and extremists, such as homegrown violent extremists or environmental extremists, may target U.S. data centers.” It also added, “these actors could exploit the strategic importance of data centers to the U.S. economy, using them for activities like cryptocurrency mining or leveraging third-party entities, such as front companies, to gain access to U.S. data and infrastructure.”

They really are trying everything to keep the bubble from popping.

They can't dump these bags on retail fast enough.

If someone is running cryptominers in a DC, that is on purpose, no DC admin worth their salt would allow that.