Facewatch retail facial recognition to notify police of repeat offender matches

The Facewatch live facial recognition system used by over 125 retailers operating thousands of stores across the UK will soon send instant calls to police “when the most serious offenders trigger a live facial recognition match on entering a participating store"

#UK #retail #facewatch #facialrecognition #surveillance #privacy #police #technology #tech

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202607/facewatch-retail-facial-recognition-to-notify-police-of-repeat-offender-matches

How Cops Use #Flock to Track People, Not Cars

https://www.404media.co/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars/

#police #ALPR #surveillance #privacy

Now that the CEO of Flock has called deflock.me a terrorist organization, I'd hate for other people to know about these other flock watchdog groups.

Please don't go on these websites, I beg you.

https://Alpr.wtf - Every U.S. jurisdiction using ALPR, plus how to file info requests.

https://EyesOnFlock.com - Crowdsourced map of Flock cameras and city contracts.

https://Deflock.me - Nationwide ALPR map tracking Flock deployments, removals, and resistance.

https://HaveIBeenFlocked.com — Quick check to see if Flock is watching your neighborhood.

https://DontGetFlocked.com — Plots your route, counts ALPR/Flock cameras, and suggests surveillance-free alternatives.

#flock #surveillance #uspol #police #politics #ai #noai #facialrecognition

How #Cops Use #Flock to #Track People, Not Cars

#Police departments around the country have used Flock #cameras at least hundreds of times to search for specific people, not cars, using searches such as “heavy-set male with a black and white hat,” “person on skateboard,” and “person wearing orange vest and construction hat,” according to data reviewed by 404 Media. Sometimes searches reference a target’s race or signs of their #political affiliation.

The searches highlight that while most people associate Flock cameras with scanning license plates and #tracking vehicles, some of the cameras are also capable of following the movements of particular people or groups of people.
#privacy #security #alpr

https://www.404media.co/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars/

ICE’s internal watchdog has opened more than 100 investigations into alleged doxing and threats targeting agency employees, according to court filings. 🛡️
The cases include efforts to identify online critics, raising transparency and free speech concerns over expanding government surveillance powers. ⚖️

🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/ices-internal-watchdog-is-now-investigating-online-critics/

#TechNews #ICE #USA #US #Privacy #Surveillance #FreeSpeech #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Government #Infosec #DataProtection #Security #CivilLiberties #Police #Trump

A Leak of #SanFrancisco #Police #Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban #Surveillance

https://www.wired.com/story/sfpd-drone-video-leak-surveillance/

#privacy

Alarm over launch of #FacialRecognition in #UK shops that instantly alerts #police

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/10/facewatch-facial-recognition-uk-shops-instantly-alerts-police-civil-liberties

#privacy #surveillance #FRT

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116914226983421883

You know your surveillance product is bad news if the *LAPD* thinks there are serious civil rights concerns with its use. #flock #surveillance #police

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Miguel Afonso Caetano » 🌐 2026-07-13
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"The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is reportedly ending its deal with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that helps law enforcement track vehicles using thousands of its license plate cameras placed across the United States.

A senior LAPD official told news outlets, first reported by ABC7 and the Los Angeles Times, that the police department would allow its three-year contract with Flock to expire when it ends on Saturday. The department cited “serious concerns” around civil liberties and privacy. Flock’s cameras are operated by the Atlanta, Georgia-based company and not the LAPD.

“This contract is not being renewed because of serious concerns around civil liberties and civil rights issues, particularly around privacy and the data that is being collected from these cameras,” LAPD’s chief information officer Dean Gialamas was quoted as saying. “The LAPD had to make a difficult decision, in this case discontinuing using Flock services until we can get those data, privacy, security and sharing concerns ironed out through a contractual relationship.”

A spokesperson for the LAPD did not respond to a request for comment from TechCrunch over the weekend, and it’s unclear if Flock’s cameras will continue recording in absence of an active contract. According to ABC7, the police department is seeking new language in its contract addressing privacy and data storage concerns."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy/

#USA #LA #LosAngeles #Flock #LAPD #Privacy #Surveillance #CivilLiberties

The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.

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A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

How #Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked a Journalist for Days, Then Sent #Police to Arrest Him

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/11/0556236/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-a-journalist-for-days-then-sent-police-to-arrest-him

#privacy #surveillance #ALPR #journalism

Ontario police services have increasingly turned to powerful digital surveillance tools, including spyware and other technologies capable of extracting data from phones and electronic devices.
#surveillance #spyware #police #ontario #canada

https://youtu.be/R8zQGlCG44c?si=5XNrP1pOOBTdaWWP

Cops Say #Waymo Snitched on Teens for Allegedly Drinking and Shooting a Toy Gun

https://www.404media.co/waymo-called-police-on-teens-san-mateo/

#privacy #surveillance #police

December I’ll be back on the job market!

Looking for work on:
- police surveillance tech
- smart city tech repurposed as surveillance
- the intersection of either/both of those things with racial residential segregation in the US

My background is in public interest tech, tech, and sociology.

Prefer advocacy org to municipal government, but I’m open-minded.

I’ve worked remote for 15+ years and my disability kind of makes it necessary for that to continue.

#GetFediHired #police #surveillance

Footage Shows #Cop #Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After #Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader

https://www.404media.co/footage-shows-cop-stalking-woman-he-met-on-a-tv-set-after-surveilling-her-with-a-license-plate-reader/

#privacy #ALPR #police

#FlockSafety Credibility Lost as it Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, #Police Departments, and Public Across the Country

The #ACLU documents how an automatic license plate reader company has lied about its operations, signaling a need for reputable governments to avoid working with #Flock Safety.
#alpr #privacy #security #surveillance

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/tracking-alpr-cameras/flock-safety-credibility-lost-as-it-repeatedly-lies-to-city-councils-police-departments-and-public-across-the-country

#Framingham #police will not renew #Flock Safety contract after months of resident opposition

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2026/06/25/framingham-police-will-not-renew-flock-safety-contract-after-months-of-resident-opposition/

#ALPR #surveillance #privacy #Boston

UK launched largest facial recognition programme in British history: 27 police forces, £26m, LFR in knife crime hotspots. Algorithm has documented racial bias, scans everyone, 50 vans deployed. Mainstream coverage: almost none.

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-uks-largest-facial-recognition

#FacialRecognition #LFR #Surveillance #Police #KnifeCrime #Privacy #AI #UKPolitics

Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed #Police Drones

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones

#surveillance #privacy

https://haveibeenflocked.com/

A search result means an operator on the Flock system queried the database for your license plate.

Many police agencies do not require a warrant or even suspicion to perform a search.

#HaveIBeenFlocked #police #flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy

Are Your Local #Police Using #Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/are-your-local-police-using-flock-safety-alprs-scan-immigrants

#ALPR #privacy #surveillance #immigration #politics

#British #Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted

https://www.wired.com/story/british-police-built-a-sprawling-crime-prediction-machine-some-results-couldnt-be-trusted/

#PredictivePolicing #AI #privacy #surveillance

As so often what once happened in a Philip K Dick book (in this case Minority Report) has now come to pass... here are Liberty's investigative journalist team on the worrying & expanding experience of predictive policing, and how it produces a large number of false positives when trying to predict criminality.

Once that has been compounded through police prejudice & bad culture, this looks not just unwelcome but positively dangerous!

#police #politics #AI #technology

https://www.wired.com/story/british-police-built-a-sprawling-crime-prediction-machine-some-results-couldnt-be-trusted/

NEW: Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office

A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #MaricopaCounty #Phoenix #Police #Law #Racism #AZ

The Met Police have announced a major expansion of facial recognition in London.

The use of this flawed and discriminatory tech still lacks oversight, putting our rights on the back foot.

We should be able to walk down the street with a full expectation of privacy and not being ID’d at every step.

https://www.channel4.com/news/met-police-to-expand-use-of-drones-facial-recognition-and-ai-despite-concerns

#facialrecogntion #police #metpolice #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance

#Police cleans nearly 15,000 #SocGholish-infected sites tied to #EvilCorp

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/law-enforcement-nukes-socgholish-malware-from-nearly-15-000-sites/

#OperationEndgame #cybercrime #cybersecurity

404 Media: Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People. “The contours of each story are much the same, with the police officer in question using their access to the system to repeatedly track a specific person over the course of weeks or months. The cases highlight the fact that Flock can be used to track the whereabouts of individual people, that police do not get a warrant in […]

Who would have thought that #surveillance cameras in public spaces would be abused by men, eh sorry I meant creeps.

In other news, Belgian #police has since recently gained warrantless real-time access to 21,000 surveillance cameras in trains, subways, trams, busses, and stations. What could possibly go wrong. 😓

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/milan-tram-drivers-used-whatsapp-for-sexist-chat-about-female-passengers

#privacy #HumanRights #Belgium #stib #sncb #delijn #tec

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

The cases highlight the fact that Flock can be used to track the whereabouts of individual people, that police do not get a warrant in order to use the system, and that, if they have access to the system, they have the technical ability to look up any license plate they want for any reason they want.

#police #stalking #safety #privacy #surveillance #flocksaftey #alpr

https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/

Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing

Flock appears to be leaking tons of law enforcement vehicle queries and possible user data. Data publicly visible in search result URLs includes: license plate state and numbers, make, model, color, identifiers such as ‘window stickers’ and ‘top rack,’ case number, and more.

#flocksafety #alpr #police #dataleak #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

#Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via #DuckDuckGo, #Bing

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

#ALPR #privacy #police #DataBreach

You can't encrypt your physical face. So how do you fight back when police treat a flawed AI guess as divine truth?

Episode 28 of Impractical Privacy is out NOW.

🎧 Stream telemetry-free: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #FacialRecognition #MassSurveillance #Podcast #DigitalPrivacy #PhyiscalPrivacy #Police #PoliceTech #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #ImpracticalPrivacy #PrivacyTools #PrivacyMatters #DigitalSelfDefence

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