#DeFlock is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 187 people shared 726 posts with it — around 24 a day. Activity is down 22% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 3 with 36 posts.
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Flock camera use by internal affairs unit puts DC police at odds with officers’ union
Washington, D.C.'s police department has used information from Flock cameras for misconduct investigations, prompting a formal complaint from its officers' union.
www.newsnowwarsaw.com
Flock funding defeated as nearly 200 show up at Kosciusko Courthouse in opposition - News Now Warsaw
Kosciusko County on Thursday night became the latest community to unplug Flock cameras after nearly 200 people showed up for a hearing to voice opposition.
www.fox6now.com
Flock system mix-up leads to guns-drawn Brookfield traffic stop of wrong person
Brookfield police pulled someone over, guns drawn, after a Flock camera flagged their car for a Milwaukee homicide. It turned out to be a mix-up.
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Flock worker calls police on our reporter filming them in public
YouTube video by InvestigateTV
www.nytimes.com
Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
www.wired.com
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
www.knoxnews.com
Knox County bans Flock cameras amid surveillance backlash
No one from the sheriff's office attended the Aug. 31 commission meeting to defend Sheriff Tom Spangler's planned surveillance center.
www.404media.co
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
www.neowin.net
People hate Flock so much its employees are now demoralized and thinking of quitting
If you've been criticizing Flock online, your comments may be hitting harder than you think. Some employees say the backlash is affecting morale, and some are now considering quitting.
www.wired.com
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
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Alarming rise in mistaken vehicle stops tied to automated license plate readers
YouTube video by NBC News
reason.com
No warrant, no suspicion, no problem: Flock and border cellphone searches excluded from 4th Amendment rules
Cops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing.
www.13abc.com
Adrian city commissioners vote to withdraw from Flock camera contract
Adrian city commissioners voted to withdraw from their contract with Flock, ending the city’s use of the license plate reading cameras.
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Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.
www.gadgetreview.com
Flock Cameras Can Read Your Lips Under The Right Conditions
Street camera AI can already reconstruct spoken words from silent footage, and no law currently covers this surveillance gap.
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Woman wrongly arrested in fatal Volusia County crash gets SUV back
YouTube video by WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando
www.404media.co
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
www.greenwichtime.com
Milford police chief says Flock Safety used his image in promotional video without permission
At a recent meeting, Milford's Board of Aldermen stood by a plan to pause and review the city's use of automated cameras, including Flock cameras.
footnote4a.org
CORCA — The Federal Bill to Expand Flock
Six of the eleven senators set to grill Flock's CEO on September 23 are cosponsoring a bill that would fund more surveillance and put a new ICE-led intelligence center in charge of sharing it.
www.404media.co
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
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