Reading up on Flock Safety
6 deep · digging since dec 12, 25
- Red and Blue America Have Found Something to Agree on: Flock Cameras Must Go - WSJ
Progressive Asheville and conservative Oconee County both voted to halt Flock Safety AI license‑plate readers, reflecting a rare bipartisan backlash against government surveillance.
- Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras
Across the US, people are vandalizing Flock license plate cameras in protest of the company's data sharing with ICE and immigration authorities.
- Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
Amazon Ring aired a Super Bowl ad promoting its AI-powered neighborhood surveillance to find lost dogs, reigniting backlash over privacy and mass surveillance concerns.
- Flock Hardcoded the Password for America's Surveillance Infrastructure 53 Times
A researcher found a hardcoded ArcGIS API key exposed 53 times in Flock Safety's public code, giving unrestricted access to the mapping layers consolidating surveillance data from 12,000 deployments.
- alpr.watch | Hacker News
alpr.watch tracks and visualizes mentions of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in local government meetings to expose surveillance expansion.
- Show HN: Automated license plate reader coverage in the USA
An interactive tool maps how many US homes pass automated license plate readers on routes to essential services, revealing the scale of passive surveillance.