#deflock — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #deflock, aggregated by home.social.
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"At 9.8 readers per square mile, Jersey Village sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit."
https://www.findingflock.com/cameras/texas/jersey-village
#JerseyVillage #TX #Texas #HTX #HarrisCounty #Flock #DeFlock #NoALPRs #NWAAA
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"At 9.8 readers per square mile, Jersey Village sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit."
https://www.findingflock.com/cameras/texas/jersey-village
#JerseyVillage #TX #Texas #HTX #HarrisCounty #Flock #DeFlock #NoALPRs #NWAAA
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Have I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs
https://haveibeenflocked.com/ #deflock -
Have I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs
https://haveibeenflocked.com/ #deflock -
Ferguson said he’s been surprised to see the “growing community backlash” against #Flock specifically, given that the #technology isn’t new & other companies sell it as well. But Flock & the movement against it have “captured people’s sense that maybe they don’t want to be surveilled all the time,” he said.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Ferguson said he’s been surprised to see the “growing community backlash” against #Flock specifically, given that the #technology isn’t new & other companies sell it as well. But Flock & the movement against it have “captured people’s sense that maybe they don’t want to be surveilled all the time,” he said.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, a professor at the George Washington University Law School whose scholarship has focused on #policing, #BigData #surveillance & the #FourthAmendment, said Thursday’s shifts were “better than the opposite” but called for further scrutiny of the #technology in the form of “sustained democratic engagement with the rules & judicial checks on access at a minimum.”
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, a professor at the George Washington University Law School whose scholarship has focused on #policing, #BigData #surveillance & the #FourthAmendment, said Thursday’s shifts were “better than the opposite” but called for further scrutiny of the #technology in the form of “sustained democratic engagement with the rules & judicial checks on access at a minimum.”
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Robert Frommer, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm that’s led litigation over the #tech, called the changes “window dressing” from a company in “panic mode.”
“This is window dressing that doesn’t address the fundamental problem, which is that police officers are the ones deciding who & when to search, & that should be done by #judges with real warrants,” he said.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Robert Frommer, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm that’s led litigation over the #tech, called the changes “window dressing” from a company in “panic mode.”
“This is window dressing that doesn’t address the fundamental problem, which is that police officers are the ones deciding who & when to search, & that should be done by #judges with real warrants,” he said.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Critics of the company reacted skeptically to the changes, which they said appeared designed to address the growing bipartisan anger about the cameras but could still leave room for #police to abuse the system.
The ACLU said that the shortened evidence retention window could be “a step in the right direction,” but it characterized the other changes as “retreads” of inadequate safety measures.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Critics of the company reacted skeptically to the changes, which they said appeared designed to address the growing bipartisan anger about the cameras but could still leave room for #police to abuse the system.
The ACLU said that the shortened evidence retention window could be “a step in the right direction,” but it characterized the other changes as “retreads” of inadequate safety measures.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Customers will also be allowed to decide which offense types — such as homicide or arson — outside agencies can search their data for, which would allow a customer to block outside searches related to #immigration enforcement, the company said.
Langley said that change will give individual cities & departments control to use the system in a manner “consistent with community values.”
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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Customers will also be allowed to decide which offense types — such as homicide or arson — outside agencies can search their data for, which would allow a customer to block outside searches related to #immigration enforcement, the company said.
Langley said that change will give individual cities & departments control to use the system in a manner “consistent with community values.”
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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The company operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers & other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day. Thousands of #LawEnforcement agencies in 49 states can search & share Flock’s data across jurisdictions to aid their investigations.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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The company operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers & other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day. Thousands of #LawEnforcement agencies in 49 states can search & share Flock’s data across jurisdictions to aid their investigations.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
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#Flock Safety, the #surveillance #technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates & citizens across the #US, announced Thursday that it is making changes to its platform intended to quell #privacy concerns & address documented abuses of its system by some members of #LawEnforcement.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #AbuseOfPower #deflock
https://apnews.com/article/flock-license-plate-cameras-surveillance-deflock-2a93bc075e2f7ffcca9e04a35d75a3fe?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link -
#Flock Safety, the #surveillance #technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates & citizens across the #US, announced Thursday that it is making changes to its platform intended to quell #privacy concerns & address documented abuses of its system by some members of #LawEnforcement.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #AbuseOfPower #deflock
https://apnews.com/article/flock-license-plate-cameras-surveillance-deflock-2a93bc075e2f7ffcca9e04a35d75a3fe?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link -
The TCRP movie screening is perfect for high schoolers, college students, and community members who want to learn how to protect their civil rights.
August 21
6:00 PM
The Houston Liberation Center 2903 Telephone Rd #Houston TexasRSVP link.txcivilrights.org/noalprhoustonmovie
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Join TCRP August 19th for National NO ALPRs Day. They'll have free food, poetry, a discussion on surveillance, & a short walk to find #ALPRs nearby.
Wed 19 AUG
6PM CT
Grassroots Leadership Office, 4407 New Orleans St, Houston, TX 77020
RSVP @ link.txcivilrights.org/noalprhouston
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Join our Flock 101 information session at the Westchester Regional Library!
We will be hosting an event and Q&A all about Flock Safety, automated license plate readers, and the mass surveillance threat they pose.
Date: Tuesday, August 18
Time: 6:30 PMhttps://www.miamitech.club/join-us-for-our-in-person-flock-101-presentation/
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Join our Flock 101 information session at the Westchester Regional Library!
We will be hosting an event and Q&A all about Flock Safety, automated license plate readers, and the mass surveillance threat they pose.
Date: Tuesday, August 18
Time: 6:30 PMhttps://www.miamitech.club/join-us-for-our-in-person-flock-101-presentation/
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Funding requested to renew a contract with Flock Safety for license plate reader cameras has prompted debate in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Read more from The Journal Gazette ⬇
- https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-government/as-fort-wayne-weighs-flock-camera-renewal-indiana-cities-take-different-approaches/article_5b2701a5-02ab-441d-8db5-dd9b1fdac8ff.html
- https://www.journalgazette.net/local/residents-voice-concerns-support-as-fort-wayne-considers-flock-camera-contract/article_c9d30c54-7598-4d59-b70a-75bec099eda4.htmlPRIVACY IS NOT A CRIME!
#FortWayne #Indiana #CityCouncil #Flock #StopFlock #DeFlock #MassSurveillance #PoliceState #Privacy #Constitution #Rights
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It’s time to take back our streets. ✊
Join the National Week of Action Against ALPRs from August 16–22, 2026.
Find local camera maps, organize city council actions, or download our activism toolkit to start your own group:
- Map & Campaign Info: https://noalprs.com
- Camera Tracker: https://deflock.org
- Activism Toolkit: https://privacyguides.org/activism5/6 🧵
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🛡️ Want to dive deeper?
We broke everything down in an easy to digest video, that goes into more detail about the topics in this Mastodon thread.
Check it out and share it around! ⬇️
6/6 🧵
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It’s time to take back our streets. ✊
Join the National Week of Action Against ALPRs from August 16–22, 2026.
Find local camera maps, organize city council actions, or download our activism toolkit to start your own group:
- Map & Campaign Info: https://noalprs.com
- Camera Tracker: https://deflock.org
- Activism Toolkit: https://privacyguides.org/activism5/6 🧵
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🛡️ Want to dive deeper?
We broke everything down in an easy to digest video, that goes into more detail about the topics in this Mastodon thread.
Check it out and share it around! ⬇️
6/6 🧵
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🚨 If you drive in America, you’re being tracked in a giant dragnet. 🚨
Surveillance company "Flock Safety" has quietly deployed over 100,000 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across 10,000+ US communities.
These aren't just capturing license plates, they're creating complete "vehicle fingerprints" including:
- Bumper stickers 🚗
- Luggage racks 🧳
- Dents & scratches 🔍
- Timestamped GPS locations 📍1/6 🧵
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⚠️ Surveillance isn't inevitable ⚠️
Over 100 communities - including Austin, Denver, Cambridge, and Eugene have already canceled or suspended their Flock contracts.
🏡 Communities are fighting back against mass surveillance, and it's working. Automated license plate readers don't lower crime, they just invade public privacy and create a dystopian mass location database.
✅ Removal is the only solution, vendor swapping just perpetuates the same surveillance system.
4/6 🧵
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🔍 Flock says that the data is secured and restricted to specific police departments.
Independent researchers have demonstrated that Flock's video feeds are accessible publicly, highlighting how dangerous mass location databases can be when compromised.
Flock recently updated their Terms-of-service quietly removing guarantees that user data wouldn't be sold. 💰
3/6 🧵
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⛔️ This isn't being used for local crime prevention, researchers have found thousands of instances of Flock data being accessed across state lines.
🚓 In multiple states local police granted federal agencies (like ICE) access to Flock data, often sharing the data without express permission from local city councils.
Agents have been told to be "as vague as permissible" on paperwork to bypass public records requests.
2/6 🧵
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⚠️ Surveillance isn't inevitable ⚠️
Over 100 communities - including Austin, Denver, Cambridge, and Eugene have already canceled or suspended their Flock contracts.
🏡 Communities are fighting back against mass surveillance, and it's working. Automated license plate readers don't lower crime, they just invade public privacy and create a dystopian mass location database.
✅ Removal is the only solution, vendor swapping just perpetuates the same surveillance system.
4/6 🧵
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🚨 If you drive in America, you’re being tracked in a giant dragnet. 🚨
Surveillance company "Flock Safety" has quietly deployed over 100,000 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across 10,000+ US communities.
These aren't just capturing license plates, they're creating complete "vehicle fingerprints" including:
- Bumper stickers 🚗
- Luggage racks 🧳
- Dents & scratches 🔍
- Timestamped GPS locations 📍1/6 🧵
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⛔️ This isn't being used for local crime prevention, researchers have found thousands of instances of Flock data being accessed across state lines.
🚓 In multiple states local police granted federal agencies (like ICE) access to Flock data, often sharing the data without express permission from local city councils.
Agents have been told to be "as vague as permissible" on paperwork to bypass public records requests.
2/6 🧵
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🔍 Flock says that the data is secured and restricted to specific police departments.
Independent researchers have demonstrated that Flock's video feeds are accessible publicly, highlighting how dangerous mass location databases can be when compromised.
Flock recently updated their Terms-of-service quietly removing guarantees that user data wouldn't be sold. 💰
3/6 🧵
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August 12, 2026
The IJ Database of ALPR Abuse
The Institute for Justice has cataloged more than 100 incidents of ALPR abuse, including romantic stalking, wrongful stops and detentions, non-law enforcement use, and other types of misconduct.
You can access the interactive map at https://ij.org/the-ij-database-of-alpr-abuse #DeFlock #Flock #ALPR #IoJ #MassSurveillance #resistance
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August 12, 2026
The IJ Database of ALPR Abuse
The Institute for Justice has cataloged more than 100 incidents of ALPR abuse, including romantic stalking, wrongful stops and detentions, non-law enforcement use, and other types of misconduct.
You can access the interactive map at https://ij.org/the-ij-database-of-alpr-abuse #DeFlock #Flock #ALPR #IoJ #MassSurveillance #resistance
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@evacide now would be a good time to remind folks that a jurisdiction "discontinuing the use of flock" is not the same as taking down or covering the cameras. The cameras are still gathering data and feeding the network and it's the network that allows for such abuse.
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@evacide now would be a good time to remind folks that a jurisdiction "discontinuing the use of flock" is not the same as taking down or covering the cameras. The cameras are still gathering data and feeding the network and it's the network that allows for such abuse.
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High error rates causing cities to drop #flock contracts
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DeFlock St Pete is doing a campaign kickoff on Saturday, August 15th @ 11:30am! Go and join up others who are concerned about the growing number of surveillance cameras.
https://deflockstpete.com/updates/educational_meeting/
#DeFlock #StPete #Tampa #TampaBay #Florida #ALPRs #Surveillance
