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Lawgeeks, here's one to watch that was filed on Friday. A lawsuit challenging DHS' use of facial recognition tech to collect info about ICE protesters and then retaliate against them by cancelling their TSA Precheck and Global Entry. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
If you are hosting a week of action event, come by office hours on 8/2 at 5:00 ET to ask questions. If you live in the Joplin area, remember we are having our event at the Library on 8/16 at 3:00 PM! deflockjoplin.today/posts/2026-0... #endALPRs #banALPRs #noALPRs
Flock put up 18 cameras on public property in Shaker Heights, OH, for its >140,000 "monthly active users" to watch. Someone else put up two posters to express their opinion on such mass surveillance. Only one of these is being investigated as a crime. www.shakerheightsoh.gov/m/newsflash/...
Own the narrative before someone else does — In three weeks, twenty agencies in fifteen states talked about "misinformation" and "accountability", following Flock's playbook. Let's compare the logs. footnote4a.org/news/misinfo...
Own the narrative before someone else does
In three weeks, twenty agencies in fifteen states talked about "misinformation" and "accountability", following Flock's playbook. Let's compare the logs.
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"AI-analysts, working overnight" can "synthesize records from Nova— like vehicles, people, and case records— run freeform searches on images, and then merge that with records and CAD data." But, "where it gets really exciting is that soon you'll be able to build your own agents"
Flock has historically used real surveillance data for demos. A "CHL - Law Enforcement Demo" hotlist is shown, alongside a separate "CHL - Stop & Hold" hotlist. Moore Co., TX, pulled 30 days of real location data from 82,192 devices for the Stop & Hold plate. Reason: "test".
@hibf.bsky.social · 3w agoAfter an already-suspended cop used Flock to stalk women, Costa Mesa asked why Flock's terms included social media-style licensing language for posts & media. Costa Mesa PD said they had no idea. Pic: Flock's hotlist tool, with social section and media button on right.
After an already-suspended cop used Flock to stalk women, Costa Mesa asked why Flock's terms included social media-style licensing language for posts & media. Costa Mesa PD said they had no idea. Pic: Flock's hotlist tool, with social section and media button on right.
Flock wants to combat activist misinformation and educate you on their system's real capabilities. We can help. Stay tuned. "Anyone in the department you decide to give a role or permission to view this and access this, will have it — wherever they're at, whenever they're at."
"Flock cameras only take a picture of the back of your car. They do not track vehicles." ... until you click the "START REAL-TIME ROUTING" button to "help identify where vehicles are traveling in between our various Falcon cameras placed throughout the community."
Flock is Literally on Fire — The company faces severe backlash and more and more cameras are being cut down and destroyed. Two cameras in Georgia caught fire; it's being investigated as arson, but will that be enough? footnote4a.org/news/battery...
Flock is Literally on Fire
The company faces severe backlash and more and more cameras are being cut down and destroyed. Two cameras in Georgia caught fire; it's being investigated as arson, but will that be enough?
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Costa Mesa told the public "we are here to listen" — 4 years after its police chief signed a Flock deal in secret. Now, a Minnesota sheriff signed a contract "$1 below the threshold". Flock, police, and electeds say this is democracy. It is disrespect. www.hometownsource.com/forest_lake_...
After an officer abused Flock and police databases for stalking, Costa Mesa heard nearly five hours of resident testimony against mass surveillance. Then voted 6-1 to keep the contract. footnote4a.org/news/costa-m...
Costa Mesa Keeps Flock
After an officer abused two police databases to stalk women, Costa Mesa, California, heard nearly five hours of resident opposition — cutting speakers' time partway through — before voting 6-1 to keep...
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Flock Blames Bad Data While Blowing Past Every Guardrail Two journalists were stopped over a partial plate in an NCIC hotlist. Flock calls it a feature; the NCIC operating manual calls it a violation. footnote4a.org/news/drive-m...
Flock Blames Bad Data While Blowing Past Every Guardrail
Two journalists were stopped over a partial plate in an NCIC hotlist. Flock calls it a feature; the NCIC operating manual calls it a violation.
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In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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With a contract on the line, Flock's Joshua Thomas tried to tell Dr. Jen Golbeck and the City Club audience that surveillance is inevitable. Cleveland is already saying otherwise. The Monster Did It: The Five Flavors of Flock Fatalism footnote4a.org/news/flock-f...
The Monster Did It: The Five Flavors of Flock Fatalism
Flock's core rhetorical product isn't safety — it's fatalism. Every argument the company makes for its products reduces to "this was always going to happen, so the only question is configuration." Dis...
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After reviewing Shoshana Zuboff's work on surveillance capitalism, Flock's AI Sales Assistant sees the problem.
Urban Combat Veteran Announced as Flock Forward Keynote Speaker footnote4a.org/news/flock-f...
Urban Combat Veteran Announced as Flock Forward Keynote Speaker
Flock's annual conference will be keynoted by Matt Eversmann, an urban combat veteran of the Battle of Mogadishu — hired by a company whose CEO calls its critics "terrorists."
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Dianne Lugo@diannelugo.bsky.social · 2mo agoWoodburn officials confirmed to me yesterday that it had terminated its contract with Flock Safety and removed the 23 Flock cameras that it installed last year. The City Council paused the use of Flock cameras in November. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
Sixteen States and DC File Fourth Circuit Brief in Support of Norfolk's Surveillance footnote4a.org/news/schmidt...
Sixteen States and DC File Fourth Circuit Brief in Support of Norfolk's Surveillance
Sixteen states argue that if one license-plate scan is legal, a city-wide surveillance network must be too.
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The Data-Sharing Shell Game: San Francisco Figured it Out footnote4a.org/news/riss-ag...
The Data-Sharing Shell Game: San Francisco Figured it Out
San Francisco figures out Flock has been improperly disseminating data for years. SFPD cracked the case all by themselves — it had nothing to do with a high school newspaper spelling it out for them a...
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Flock Calls ALPR Information "Wholly Irrelevant" to Lawsuit About Policy on ALPR Information footnote4a.org/news/ca-suits
Flock Calls ALPR Information "Wholly Irrelevant" to Lawsuit About Policy on ALPR Information
Flock's system captures over 130 data fields. In court, Flock calls them "wholly irrelevant" to a lawsuit about whether it ever disclosed collecting them.
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@hibf.bsky.social The Republican Mayor of Menominee, Casey Hoffman, alerted the public yesterday that Flock cameras in Menominee were activated without City Council approval. He posted a reel on his Facebook page; these are the screenshots. Sorry, I can't find out any information about the meeting.
New Castle, PA put Flock in its only Majority-Minority Neighborhood footnote4a.org/news/new-cas...
New Castle, PA put Flock in its only Majority-Minority Neighborhood
Nearly three years of Flock event logs show New Castle, Pennsylvania concentrated all 31 of its surveillance devices in the city's only majority-minority census tract, and shows a group of officers ru...
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We Have to Treat Everyone: tells hospital customers to add fired and laid-off healthcare workers to the watchlist. footnote4a.org/news/flock-n...
We Have to Treat Everyone
In this webinar, a Flock sales lead tells hospital customers to add fired and laid-off healthcare workers to the watchlist.
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Under Construction: California Class Action Lawsuits — While the existing Flock suits move toward consolidation, a new one drops; this time against The Home Depot and its "gravely dangerous" use of ALPRs. footnote4a.org/news/home-de...
Under Construction: California Class Action Lawsuits
While the existing Flock suits move toward consolidation, a new one drops; this time against The Home Depot and its "gravely dangerous" use of ALPRs.
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The Cost of Being Alive: Flock CEO Langley at TED2026 haveibeenflocked.com/news/langley...
Flock's contractual liability for operating drones over Dunwoody drops to $0 in year two. The city negotiated this deal. haveibeenflocked.com/news/dunwood...
