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Man Dressed As Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council (slashdot.org)

2026-08-21 | tags: flock cameras, san diego, city council

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Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, drone technology

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Where Vandals Can’t Reach? Flock Safety’s Future Is Full of Spying Drones (cnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, law enforcement

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Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Nick Sloan | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, gardner police

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Flock’s Network Is Losing Value to Cops as More and More of Its Cameras Go Offline (futurism.com)

2026-08-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, dane county

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The Cop Who Took On Flock (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, pawtucket police

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Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Matt Scott | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta police

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What Flock’s defenders are missing (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-17 | by James O'Donnell | tags: flock, license plate readers, surveillance

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Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding (futurism.com)

2026-08-15 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance towers

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Flock boss admits surveillance firm took too long to act over police abuse (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-13 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: flock, police misuse, surveillance cameras

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Surprise, surprise: CBP officers are misusing surveillance tech (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Steve Dent | tags: cbp, facial recognition, license plate readers

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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues (wired.com)

2026-08-13 | by Yulia Almazova | tags: cbp, homeland security, facial recognition

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New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Anastasia E. Lennon | tags: flock, license plate readers, police officer

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License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new surveillance tech (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Nicole M. Bennett | tags: license plate readers, signaltrace, leonardo

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Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Daniel Sims | tags: license plate readers, flock cameras, police surveillance

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Flock's CEO Faced Me After Its Cameras Led to My Wrongful Stop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joel Feder | tags: flock, license plate readers, garrett langley

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The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Caroline Haskins | tags: flock cameras, axon, license plate readers

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Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta police department

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Flock’s Surveillance Cameras May Finally Have a Weak Point: The Poles Holding Them Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: flock, surveillance cameras, license plate readers

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Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign (futurism.com)

2026-07-30 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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The growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | by Sanya Mansoor | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, vigilante movement

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This Searchable Tool Is Helping Track Flock Surveillance Cameras in Your City (cnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Tyler Lacoma | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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Flock Is in Serious Trouble After Massive Backlash (futurism.com)

2026-07-22 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, alpr, axon

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Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by Chad Marlow | tags: flock safety, automatic license plate readers, oshkosh city council

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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Dell Cameron | tags: aclu, surveillance, facial recognition

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Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Stephen Edelstein | get Kids' GPS Tracker Watch → | tags: license plate readers, buspatrol, flock

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License plate cameras are scanning 20 billion vehicles a month, cities are starting to push back (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | get License Plate Camera System → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta

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Take Action: LAPD Removed Crime Location Data. Here's Why It Matters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Crime Data Visualization Map → | tags: lapd, crime data, ai police

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The FBI Wants 'Near Real-Time' Access to US License Plate Readers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | by Matt Burgess | get License Plate Reader Device → | tags: fbi, license plate readers, github

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The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers (wired.com)

2026-05-23 | by Matt Burgess | get License Plate Reader Device → | tags: fbi, license plate readers, github