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Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles

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· Aug 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM

A Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system.

Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
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Flock planned to use dashcams installed in hundreds of thousands Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers’ vehicles to scan license plates those drivers travelled passed, essentially turning Uber and Lyft drivers into roaming surveillance vehicles, according to a Flock presentation shared with 404 Media.

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