Police use AI plate readers to stop drivers over travel patterns
The ACLU cites an FBI stop, CBP questioning, and a Texas jury verdict over AI-flagged plates.
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Benn Jordan on Flock, privacy, and the new surveillance backlash
Benn Jordan discusses Senate scrutiny, contract cancellations, and layoffs hitting Flock Safety's license-plate camera network.
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Proposed anti-Flock bills could spell trouble for license plate readers
US lawmakers proposed bills to restrict Flock Safety and other automated license-plate reader networks.
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Fixing Flock: The controls needed now that misuse patterns are clear
An opinion piece urges stronger access, retention, and audit controls for Flock's plate-reader network.
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Woman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock Cameras
A woman was arrested at a city council meeting in Springfield, Missouri, for protesting the use of Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts
Flock Safety offered voluntary buyouts to its 1,500 employees amid mounting backlash over license plate reader misuse, hoping to avoid layoffs.
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
Flock Safety offers voluntary buyouts to its roughly 1,500 employees as customer losses, privacy backlash, and camera vandalism strain the $8 billion company.
Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people
Hackers tore down a Flock Safety camera, dumped its storage, recovered an encryption key, and revealed its software detects people as well as vehicles.
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Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear
WIRED investigation finds Flock Safety stopped marketing cameras as Made in USA, with imports from Taiwan's Primax Electronics facilities in Thailand.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
Hackers who removed a Flock Safety license plate camera dumped its data, revealing person-detection capabilities and an encryption key stored unencrypted on the device.
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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
Hackers stole a Flock Safety camera, copied its storage, and recovered an encryption key exposing vehicle surveillance data and system internals.
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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
EFF analysis found police searched Flock's 19,000-camera ALPR network using joke reasons like 'LMAO' and 'idk,' exposing routine warrantless surveillance abuse.
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Where the backlash against Flock Safety is having the biggest impact
More than 90 cities ended Flock Safety contracts in August as Texas and Florida restrict license plate reader use amid privacy protests.
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Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D
Oviedo, Florida police charged a man with three felonies for cutting down an officer's 3D-printed decoy Flock surveillance camera.
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Project noRecognition: Teaching AI to Fool Surveillance Cameras
Security researcher Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project uses 31 million tested patterns to defeat license plate reader and surveillance camera AI detection.
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