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TechdirtOct 9, 2026

US Postal Service To Start Exploring Its Always-On Surveillance Options

Here comes the latest in ho-hum dystopia. And by that, I mean surveillance creep has become such a regular occurrence that it takes something truly Overton Window-breaking to gain traction with the general public. But that's no reason to let this slide by without pointing it out. The government (at all levels) has a lot...

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TechdirtOct 7, 2026

PD’s New Policy For Flock Cameras Just Shows How Little It Was Doing Before The Blowback Hit

Flock is being tossed aside by tons of cities and the trend doesn't seem to be slowing down. Sure, these cities may ultimately decide to go with another ALPR provider, but hopefully it will be one that's a bit more serious about preventing abuse. Recent changes by Flock, in response to months of sustained negative...

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TechdirtOct 7, 2026

Federal Court Says Flock ALPR Database Searches Require A Warrant

On one hand, it's great to see a ruling like this. On the other hand, it's not going to set any precedent, not even in its own jurisdiction. But it does push this conversation forward, judicially speaking, which means other cases reliant on ALPR tech have some new reference material to add to challenges of...

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TechdirtOct 2, 2026

Flock Promises Even More Ineffectual Features In Response To Congressional Demands

Flock is in the middle of a long losing streak. It's one thing to lose hearts and minds via PR work. It's quite another to lose actual dollars because you've lost a ton of hearts and minds by being on the losing end of mainstream media coverage for most the past two years. If it...

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TechdirtSep 28, 2026

Driver Ticketed For No Insurance Despite Having Insurance Just Because Flock Said She Didn’t

We've moved past cops doing stuff because a dog gave them permission to do it. Now, we're at the post-truth era of policing, where cops will do stuff because a machine told them to do it. We already know ALPRs (automated license plate readers) generate false positives. And we know that these false positives can...

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TechdirtSep 15, 2026

The High Crime Of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Flock Mass Surveillance As A Joke

Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras, on May 7, 2025? If your answer is "I don't know," it turns out you're 100% correct. The officer left the letters "idk" in the search field where cops are supposed to...

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TechdirtSep 11, 2026

Pro-Cop Red States Latest To Kick Flock To The Curb

Whatever wasn't already going poorly for Flock Safety is just going to keep getting worse. Data collected by privacy activist group Secure Justice pointed out what Flock already knows: it's losing customers at an unprecedented rate. More than 214 cities and counties have dropped Flock since 2021. More than 90 of those have done that...

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TechdirtAug 26, 2026

As Flock Vandalism Goes Mainstream, One Grand Jury Says Alleged Flock Vandal Did Nothing Wrong

Flock Safety has been on the wrong side of the press cycle -- if not the wrong side of history -- for most of the last couple of years. Flock's automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are more comprehensive than many of those previously deployed by law enforcement agencies. Not only do they capture plate/location data,...

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TechdirtAug 25, 2026

Flock Once Tried To Turn Every Ride Share Driver Into Part Of Its ALPR Network

Until just recently, Flock never felt it needed to rehabilitate its image, even when several cities were dumping contracts and cameras over persistent surveillance concerns. When cities shut down systems, Flock just kept running. In some cases, it even installed cameras that without proper permits or any other legal authorization. What's hurting Flock now is...

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TechdirtAug 20, 2026

Area (Atlantic) Columnist Decides *Now* Is The Time To Start Defending Flock Safety

Flock's ALPR (automated license plate reader) tech spread from HOAs to police departments at an alarming rate of speed. What was once a toy for the over-privileged soon became the go-to source of license plate images. Flock became the Ring of ALPRs, to mix a metaphor. And that's when the bad news began to roll...

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TechdirtAug 17, 2026

Flock Safety Decides To Implement A Few Changes After Months Of Negative Press

Flock Safety has spent a few years building a massive network of ALPR (automated license plate reader) cameras. Flock's cameras are a step ahead of competitors. They not only grab plate/location info, but they provide searchable tags/images that cover everything from car make/model to specific vehicle features. These photos also include images of the drivers...

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TechdirtAug 13, 2026

Flock (Again!) Activates A Camera System A Town Had Voted To Shut Down

The easiest way to tell that Flock Safety doesn't really care that its massive network of ALPR (automatic license plate reader) cameras is being abused by cops to stalk their exes and harass residents is to judge it by its actions. When confronted with court case after court case detailing these allegations (and those are...

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TechdirtJul 28, 2026

404 Media Scores Leaked Document Detailing The Dozens Of Surveillance Tools ICE Has Access To

The always-invaluable 404 Media has scored another minor coup. We all know ICE is heavily invested in surveillance tech, ranging from its purchases of cell location data from data brokers to throwing money at Clearview AI, the most notorious of facial recognition tech firms. But there's so much more to it than that. On top...

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