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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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The Marshall ProjectOct 3, 2026

The Flock Backlash Catches Up to the Tech

From statehouse bans to audit workarounds, governments are scrambling to police the license-plate readers they rushed to install.

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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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TechdirtSep 4, 2026

Cop Shops Keep On Dropping Flock Like It’s Hot

You have to know you're fucking up when your largest and best-paying customer base is increasingly noping out of contract renewals. That more than anything is probably what provoked ALPR maker Flock Safety to start implementing a few guardrails for use. It seemingly had no problem with being the target of negative press for most...

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TechdirtAug 27, 2026

Flock Claims It’s The First Company To Expose Police Misuse Of Surveillance Tech

Flock Safety is hurting. It spent the early part of its career pitching plate reader tech to people who honestly didn't need it: HOA supervisors and gated communities. Then it realized there was far more money to be made by courting governments, rather than the richest parts of the private sector. A few years later...

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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 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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TechdirtAug 10, 2026

It’s Official: Flock Is For Stalking

Flock Safety is happy it's the go-to choice for tons of law enforcement agencies. While it does suffer some occasional bleeding, its supercharged automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) -- ones that not only capture plates, but pictures of drivers/passengers and full vehicle images to capture any other distinctive features -- are so widely deployed they're...

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notizBlogDec 2, 2008

OpenID für Flock

Bei Vidoop hab ich gerade von dem neuen OpenID Plugin für Flock gelesen. Das Plugin ist eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Vidoop, MySpace und Flock und basiert auf dem Know-How des IDIB (Identity in the Browser) Plugins für den Firefox. Ähnlich wie bei IDIB für Firefox kann man auch bei der Flock Version mehrere OpenIDs voreinstellen. Neu...

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