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A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.

Officer Emily Pacheco faces an internal affairs investigation. She was served an abuse prevention order Monday after a judge’s ruling.

ACLU documents how surveillance camera company Flock has lied to local officials about its operations

Flock AI cameras failed to read the smaller digits on a non-standard New Jersey plate, leading cops to block in the driver on suspicion of driving a vehicle with "stolen" tags.…

Documented LPR misuse by police chiefs exposes a gap only judicial oversight can close.

Privacy campaigners want to put a warrant requirement in front of Flock system use.

Flock Safety's license plate readers and cameras create a vast, poorly secured surveillance network sold to thousands of agencies. Security researchers have exposed easy-to-exploit hardware flaws, live feed leaks, and stolen credentials while CEO Garrett…

Cities resort to trash bags to disable Flock Safety cameras amid contract traps and privacy scandals. A private firm runs mass vehicle tracking, sells access to police nationwide, suffers repeated security lapses, and its CEO attacks critics as enablers…

A bipartisan amendment that would have barred most police use of automated license plate readers by tying the restriction to federal highway funds died without debate in a House committee.…

Flock Safety has made its bed. It has courted homeowners associations and gated communities since it first arrived on the market, apparently hoping to convert inherent racism into perpetual revenue…

Facing public backlash over surveillance cameras, cities are turning to a low-tech fix to stop Flock from watching.

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The cops never change. Only the tech toys do. That’s the upshot of this report from the Institute for Justice, which has been tracking what cops have been tracking now that they have always-o…

Flock Safety’s reputation is in tatters, thanks in large part to its own actions. First sold as a high-tech add-on for homeowners’ associations and gated communities, it soon spread to …

From Hacker News: Flock Holding Closed Police Conference, Requires Police Consent for Marketing

From Theguardian RSS Feed: Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come | Arwa Mahdawi

Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock. Do their elected officials care?

From geese and pelicans to cranes and cormorants, many birds use a V-shaped flock to master the aerodynamics of long-distance flight. Here is the science behind this clever energy-saving strategy.

From Reddit - r/technology: City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway | Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock.…