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Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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Hackers stole a Flock camera and found 27,321 video clips, 1.6 million images, and an encryption key (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Rob Thubron | get Reolink Argus 4 Pro solar security camera → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, stegan0gram

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Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear (wired.com)

2026-09-17 | by Paresh Dave | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, made in usa

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Lawmakers target Flock cameras with a threat to highway funding (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-16 | get privacy license plate cover anti-camera → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, raja krishnamoorthi

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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, data breach

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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Works (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, data breach

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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works (wired.com)

2026-09-16 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | tags: flock safety, automatic license plate readers, 404 media

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Records show police justified Flock license plate searches with answers like "LMAO" and "idk" (techspot.com)

2026-09-15 | by Daniel Sims | get privacy screen protector for laptop webcam anti-surveillance → | tags: flock safety, alpr, license plate readers

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Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, boston police department

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Police Use Flock to Jail Completely Innocent Woman for Weeks (futurism.com)

2026-09-15 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, wrongful arrest

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A Cop Searched 19,000 Flock Cameras Across 1,558 Cities. His Reason: 'LMAO' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Vinay Patel | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, electronic frontier foundation

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Cops Searched Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'Hehe,' And 'Asdfg' (slashdot.org)

2026-09-15 | by Posted | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance

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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Cindy Cohn | get Data and Goliath Bruce Schneier book → | tags: mass surveillance, ice, facial recognition

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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Bruce Schneier | get Eufy Security Video Doorbell → | tags: mass surveillance, lawfare, ice

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Lawmakers Want States to Crack Down on Flock Cameras—or Pay the Price (wired.com)

2026-09-15 | by Paresh Dave | tags: flock cameras, license plate readers, no flock act

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Trump Decides Now Would Be a Great Time to Support Flock Cameras (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: flock cameras, license plate readers, trump

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What happens after a town de-Flocks (theverge.com)

2026-09-14 | by Gadel Valle | tags: flock, license plate readers, ai-enabled cameras

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Flock Worker Calls Police On Reporter - For Filming Them in Public (slashdot.org)

2026-09-13 | by Posted | get Vantrue N4 3 channel dash cam → | tags: flock, investigatetv, brendan keefe

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Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches (futurism.com)

2026-09-13 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, albany county

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GTA 5 Mod Adds Flock Surveillance Cameras So Players Can Blow Them Up (cnet.com)

2026-09-11 | by Joe Hindy | get Grand Theft Auto V PC → | tags: gta 5, flock cameras, license plate readers

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Doctor Doom Shows Up to Support Seattle’s Surveillance Network (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-10 | get Marvel Legends Doctor Doom action figure → | tags: flock, seattle, surveillance network

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You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V (wired.com)

2026-09-09 | by Maddy Varner | get Grand Theft Auto V PC → | tags: flock safety, grand theft auto v, license plate readers

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DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by About The Author | get Mission Darkness Faraday phone bag → | tags: border patrol, predictive policing, dhs

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Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag (futurism.com)

2026-09-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, automatic license plate readers, deflock

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Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters (slashdot.org)

2026-09-06 | by Posted | get Mission Darkness Faraday bag phone → | tags: flock, no kings protests, flockos

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Court Says Massachusetts Has to Say Where License Plate Readers Are, What They’re Recording (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-05 | get faraday signal blocking pouch phone → | tags: license plate readers, massachusetts, surveillance

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Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-05 | by Autumn Billings | get Garmin Dash Cam 67W → | tags: flock, napoleon jones, waukesha county sheriff

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Hundreds More Flock Cameras Removed in the US This Week. Flock Caught Repackaging Traffic Data (slashdot.org)

2026-09-05 | by Posted | get Ring Battery Doorbell Plus → | tags: flock cameras, license plate readers, ron desantis

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Flock cameras are officially banned on state roads in Florida (engadget.com)

2026-09-04 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Vantrue N4 3 channel dash cam → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, florida department of transportation

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Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras (futurism.com)

2026-09-03 | by Joe Wilkins | get Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 instant camera → | tags: flock, alpr, bernco