Flock Safety is facing a growing backlash across the country from communities and civil liberties advocates concerned over the surveillance technology company’s network of AI-powered license plate readers.
Flock has long claimed that the presence of their cameras increases the rates at which crimes are solved, but the data from Atlanta contradicts that story.
Surveillance company Flock Safety announced changes to its systems after facing widespread backlash due to concerns of data retention and misuse. Its new changes include the rollout of “Evidence Mode,” which will “preserve specific data for active investigations when needed,” the company said, as we…
Have you been hearing a lot about Flock recently? You’re not alone: The surveillance company has put 120,000 cameras on roads in every US state except Alaska, and people are mad about it — online, at city council meetings, and out in the world, where the cameras have become the target of vigilante v…
Despite policy victories over Flock, Americans are finding themselves under similar monitoring by a new company – or unable to remove the original cameras Activists in Colorado thought they would be celebrating a victory against mass surveillance in December when the Longmont city council decided to…
Two weeks after having five of its Flock Safety cameras vandalized, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office confirmed four more were cut down within the last week. The Sheriff’s Office has 30 total Flock cameras, which...
There are now over 130,000 ALPR cameras in the United States, the vast majority of which are from controversial company Flock. Both the camera capabilities and the rapid increase in number of cameras have become a hot-button issue, with the recorded number of cameras increasing by more than 30,000 i…
As more communities wake up to the danger of mass surveillance, the solution isn’t trading one brand of camera for another. It’s regulating the whole industry.
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