#licenseplate — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #licenseplate, aggregated by home.social.
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Here's some local reporting, encouraging users in the Poconos to recognize and report Flock cameras wherever they see them.
They mention WaPo's reporting that over 50 police have been charged with using Flock surveillance for stalking personally. In Georgia alone, 18 such arrests have been documented.
#fascist #USA #surveillance #state #dystopian #present #Flock #DeFlock #cameras #LicensePlate #readers #public #privacy #GOP #KKK #ICE #DHS #judge #warrant #court #filing
https://poconoreview.com/50-officers-charged-with-or-accused-of-misusing-flock/ -
Cities Are Ditching #Flock , Immediately Replacing It With #Axon #LicensePlate Readers
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#Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn #Uber and #Lyft Drivers Into Roaming #Surveillance Vehicles
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’s planned partnership with #Nexar, a popular #dashcam company, shows Flock’s ambitious plan to conscript #rideshare and delivery drivers to collect #licenseplate data for its network.
https://www.404media.co/flock-pitched-a-plan-to-turn-uber-and-lyft-drivers-into-roaming-surveillance-vehicles/
https://archive.ph/D2lyW #ALPR -
This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to #LicensePlate Readers
#SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of #Bluetooth and other data to license plate readers, linking specific devices—and people—to #cars.
https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/
https://archive.ph/zdl0s
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Victory! #Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human #Voices
Reversing course, #FlockSafety —the #surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated #licensePlate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic #gunshot detection devicesto identify signs of “human distress.”
In October 2025, @eff warned the public that Flock was rolling out a new feature called “#DistressDetection ” that would be deployed through their acoustic gunshot detection devices (formerly known as #FlockRaven , now called #AudioDetection ). This feature purported to use high-powered #microphones scattered throughout a city to search for sounds of human distress, with original advertisements from the product indicating it would search for “#screaming.” (Since the publication of our original blog post, Flock quietly amended the ad on this webpage to say “distress” instead of “screaming.”)
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The #SupremeCourt Just Lit a Fuse Under Flock's #LicensePlate #Camera Empire
#alpr #privacy #flock #flocksafety #surveillance #scotushttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-just-lit-fuse-130900307.html
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Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast
https://www.engadget.com/2203000/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate/
#HackerNews #FlockCameras #LicensePlate #Privacy #Surveillance #Technology
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A Free Tool [DeFlock] Maps The License Plate Readers On Your Route [Flock, Etc], Then Lets You Slide Right Past Them
(Drivers can compare standard routes against camera-free alternatives with DeFlock’s growing surveillance database)
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https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/deflock-camera-avoidance-tool/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://maps.deflock.org <-- shared (free) DeFlock webmap/resource
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https://deflock.org/ <-- shared DeFlock overview web page, avoiding Flock Automated License Plate Readers
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https://youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?si=zXeNzwzf4IXi7BkL <-- shared YouTube video. “This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers”, including lack of security and ready exposure of private & personal data
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https://www.kunc.org/news/2026-06-19/fort-collins-drops-flock-surveillance-directs-data-collection-to-stop-and-cameras-to-be-removed <-- shared media article, example, City Of Fort Collins, CO dropping contract and getting Flock cameras removed
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• DeFlock can generate routes that avoid known [Automated License Plate Readers] ALPR cameras entirely.
• Users can choose how far they want to stay from surveillance cameras.
• The tool arrives as scrutiny of license plate readers continues to grow.
For years, automated license plate readers have quietly spread across America. They sit on utility poles, at intersections, near shopping centers, and along roads most drivers use every day. The overwhelming majority of motorists never notice them. A free website called DeFlock changes that by showing where many of those cameras are located and, more importantly, helping users avoid them if they choose. In a world where surveillance is often invisible, that’s a surprisingly powerful feature…”
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“Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs or LPRs) are AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car's location, date, and time. They also capture your car's make, model, colour, and identifying features such as dents, roof racks, and bumper stickers, often turning these into searchable data points.
These cameras collect data on millions of vehicles regardless of whether the driver is suspected of a crime. These systems are marketed as indispensable tools to fight crime, but they ignore the powerful tools police already have to track criminals, such as cell phone location data, creating a loophole that doesn't require a warrant…”
#DeFlock #PII #monitoring #automated #LicensePlateReaders #ALPR #LPR #cameras #avoid #camerafree #opendata # #invasionofprivacy #stalking #security #datasecurity #data #routing #webmap #free
#tracking #surveillance #surveillancestate #licenseplate #police #ICE #lawenforcement #warrantless #warrantlessSurveillance #warrantless_surveillance #flock #dystopia -
#Police Have Reportedly Used #LicensePlate Readers to #Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 14 Times in Recent Years
Police #surveillance has led to repeated abuse. One shockingly common form: police officers using #ALPR networks to keep tabs on romantic interests, partners, exes, and even strangers who caught their eye in public. Most incidents came to light only after victims reported officers’ behavior to police, typically in the context of a broader #stalking allegation.
https://ij.org/police-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years/ -
I didn't expect to see a Montana octopus while running errands on Monday, but here we are. At home, it was time for chores. My house lion supervised the laundry, and she demanded petting payment when I finished.
#Montana #licenseplate #octopus #cat #Monday #catsofmastodon #mastodoncats
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New #Surveillance Tech Just Dropped That'll Help Cops Track More Than Just Your #LicensePlate
Like #ALPR, you can't "opt out." Devices are known as #SignalTrace, or more specifically #ELSAG SignalTrace, which looks to retrieve data from electronic devices like your phone, smartwatches, wireless devices, cars, even air tags. The purpose of this device is, used in tandem with ALPRs, to help pair devices read from Bluetooth, RFID, and Wi-Fi, with your car and license plate
https://www.jalopnik.com/2191765/new-surveillance-tech-pairs-your-license-plate-phone-bluetooth-devices/ -
#Flock Leaked #Cops’ #LicensePlate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock, automatic license plate reader (#ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.
News marks an unusual #databreach, and shows that sometimes #surveillance tech can leak data in unexpected ways.
Flock’s cameras, continually scan plate, brand, model, color and some other identifying features of vehicles that drive past.
https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/
https://archive.ph/9V3oW
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Mapping Every #Flock #LicensePlate Reader Near US #WorldCup Stadiums
Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by #surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These maps will help you.
#privacy #securityhttps://www.wired.com/story/us-world-cup-2026-alpr-camera-stadiums/
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#Flock #Leaked Cops’ #LicensePlate Searches via #DuckDuckGo , #Bing
Automatic license plate reader (#ALPR) company Flock exposed the reasons cops conducted searches, and sometimes the specific searched license plates, in common search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing, according to tests by #privacy advocates and 404 Media and a statement from the company.
https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/
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#Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using #Flock to #Stalk People
There have been over a dozen cases around #US where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk
Cases highlight fact that Flock can be used to track whereabouts of individual people, #police do not get a #warrant in order to use system, and that, if they have access to the system, they have technical ability to look up any #licenseplate they want for any reason they want
https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/
https://archive.ph/l5KcH #privacy -
This Company Will Add #Phone , #AirPod , and #Smartwatch #Trackers to #LicensePlate Readers
A #surveillance company plans to add #sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that would mean the devices, as well as capture the license plate of passing vehicles, would also sweep up unique identifiers of mobile phones, wearables, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices in those cars, potentially letting law enforcement identify specific drivers or passengers.
The technology, called #SignalTrace , would turn #ALPR #cameras from devices focused on #tracking cars to ones that can more readily track the location of particular people. ALPR cameras have become a commonly deployed technology all across the U.S.; SignalTrace would make some of those cameras capable of collecting much more data.
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No way. 🫨🚗
(actual license plate seen today; obscured for privacy)
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Via #LLRX Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, 5/23/26 - Five highlights from this week: #OpenAI Shared Your #Chats with #Meta & #Google, #Lawsuit Claims; #FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to #LicensePlate Readers; #YouTube Opens AI Deepfake Detection Tool to All #Adult Users; Lawmakers warn #data #protection rules don’t protect key sites; and Google’s Spam Policies Now Apply to Attempts to Manipulate #AI. #cybercrime #privacy #cybersecurity https://www.llrx.com/2026/05/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-23-2026/
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I hope they're doing the plate justice. One way or another. 😉
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A #Bipartisan Amendment Would End #Police #LicensePlate Tracking Nationwide
One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection—a sweeping restriction that, if adopted, would bring an immediate end to state and local #ALPR programs across the #UnitedStates.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/
https://archive.is/20260520220549/https://www.wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/
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#FBI seeks #US-wide access to #licenseplate cameras, wants “data in near real time”
FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.
The FBI said the winning bidder or bidders “must provide law enforcement and/or commercial license plate reader data provided through the Contractor’s existing platform.” The system must cover 75 percent of locations, the FBI said.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/fbi-seeks-us-wide-access-to-license-plate-cameras-wants-data-in-near-real-time/
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FBI Seeks to Purchase Nationwide License Plate Data for Law Enforcement and Intelligence Purposes
📰 Original title: FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅#technology #licenseplate #...
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Input your license plate to see if Flock cameras have scanned your car.
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#Wildlife Conservation Police Are Searching Thousands of #Flock Cameras for #ICE
#RonDeSantis has empowered hundreds of #Florida conservation police to work directly with ICE.
The practice highlights how ICE, which does not have a contract with Flock, get access to Flock’s #AI #licenseplate cameras through local & state police, and often in ways that are unusual, unexpected, and difficult for the public to track or hold the agency accountable for.
https://www.404media.co/floridas-wildlife-cops-are-searching-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-ice/
https://archive.ph/DdnDp
