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Flock founder and CEO Garrett Langley addressed privacy criticism at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

The company makes license-plate cameras and other recording devices, and is facing contract cancellations and staff cuts amid the backlash.

According to Langley, the cameras do not use facial recognition, but they can detect and track people.

He argued that surveillance helps reduce crime and said the company does not set u…

https://en.hacks.gr/flock-o-idrytis-tis-etaireias-yperaspizetai-tis-kameres-parakoloythisis-para-tis-antidraseis/

#Flock #Privacy #Surveillance #LicensePlateCameras

Reuters reported on October 9, citing sources close to the decision, that Flock Safety plans to cut 270 jobs—about 18% of its workforce—by late October.

The company has around 1,500 employees and sells cameras that read vehicle license plates to police departments and cities.

The report comes amid public and policy pushback: Florida has banned Flock cameras on its highways, while Texas has stopped state f…

https://en.hacks.gr/i-flock-safety-schediazei-na-perikopsei-270-theseis-ergasias-anaferei-to-reuters/

#FlockSafety #LicensePlateCameras #SurveillancePolicy #Privacy

Flock, which makes cameras that read vehicle licence plates, is reducing its workforce by 18%—about 270 employees, according to Reuters. The company says the departures are voluntary, not layoffs, and are intended to prepare for its next growth phase.

Flock has installed more than 100,000 cameras in the US. Police and federal agents can use the system to identify the location and movements of vehicles passing in front…

https://en.hacks.gr/i-flock-meionei-to-prosopiko-tis-kata-18-meso-etheloysion-apochoriseon/

#Flock #LicensePlateCameras #Privacy #Surveillance

Congressional Candidate Targets License Plate Cameras

Meet Adam Lee Heimerman, an independent congressional candidate with a bold - and potentially costly - stance against license plate cameras, who now faces four felony vandalism charges for allegedly destroying four automated license plate reader cameras in Tennessee. His campaign to represent the state's 2nd Congressional District just…

https://osintsights.com/congressional-candidate-targets-license-plate-cameras?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Surveillance #LicensePlateCameras #Vandalism #EmergingThreats #PublicSafety

Flock Safety & Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was For A Missing Person. It Was An Abortion Investigation.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/flock-safety-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-for-a-missing-person-it-was-an-abortion-investigation/

Another surveillance technology proves vulnerable to unauthorized access. Prudent response is to resist, question why needed at all.
#licenseplatecameras #licenseplatereaders #surveillance

https://www.wired.com/story/license-plate-reader-live-video-data-exposed/

License plate cameras in Greece showing results, according to police https://www.byteseu.com/622612/ #Greece #GreecePoliceDepartment #LawEnforcementAgencies #LicensePlateCameras #MonroeCountyDistrictAttorney #PublicSafety #StolenVehicles #TechnologyGrant #VehicleThefts

@rbellinger And the City’s 311 service recently added “license plate obscured” as a complaint category to NYPD’s Illegal Parking complaint form. Read more about it at the link.

https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-03584

#obscured #obscuredLicensePlate
#LicensePlateCameras
#LicensePlates