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[?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

says its new tool will help identify abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works

techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/floc

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    [?]trendless » 🌐
    @trendless@trendless.ca

    Montreal, Edmonton police adopt AI cameras amid privacy concerns mobilesyrup.com/2026/08/14/mon…

      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

      The Government is Monitoring Anti- and Accounts

      404media.co/the-government-is-

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        [?]Scott Pfitzinger » 🌐
        @pfitz@hcommons.social

        Want to know what police surveillance technology is being used near you? This website has a searchable database to let you know.

        atlasofsurveillance.org/

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          [?]Mother Jones Magazine [Unofficial] » 🌐
          @motherjones.com@web.brid.gy

          Flock’s Answer to Its Surveillance Scandals: Trust Us

          On Thursday, the surveillance technology company Flock announced that it will limit access to its network of over 120,000 automatic license plate readers following disturbing reports dating back to at least 2021 of police officers abusing the technology for criminal activities like stalking. In his blog announcement, Flock CEO Garrett Langley did not mention the […]

          Flock’s Answer to Its Surveillance Scandals: Trust Us

          Alt...Flock’s Answer to Its Surveillance Scandals: Trust Us

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
          @Nonilex@masto.ai

          Critics of the company reacted skeptically to the changes, which they said appeared designed to address the growing bipartisan anger about the cameras but could still leave room for to abuse the system.

          The ACLU said that the shortened evidence retention window could be “a step in the right direction,” but it characterized the other changes as “retreads” of inadequate safety measures.

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
            @Nonilex@masto.ai

            credit the as an important crime-fighting innovation that helps locate missing people & track suspects in violent crimes. But critics say it amounts to warrantless . Dozens of cities & agencies have nixed their relationships with amid concerns that the data can be accessed for enforcement or in unauthorized tracking, after a flurry of examples surfaced of officers misusing the tech for personal searches.

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              [?]Bongolian » 🌐
              @Bongolian@mstdn.social

              It's a ploy by Flock. Flock wants both the loot and the surveillance state that generates it.

              Matthew Brown & Ramin Skibba: cops and cancelled contracts force to make sweeping changes
              In an interview with SFGATE, Garrett Langley said Flock tech can be an accountability tool for officers too.


              sfgate.com/tech/article/flock-

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                [?]ResearchBuzz: Firehose » 🌐
                @researchbuzz_firehose@rbfirehose.com

                Common Dreams: New Database Documents Over 100 Cases of Cops Abusing Flock Surveillance Cameras. “A new database launched Wednesday that details more than 100 cases of alleged abuse by law enforcement officers using Flock Safety’s nationwide camera network is adding fresh urgency to the growing backlash against automated license plate readers.”

                https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/13/common-dreams-new-database-documents-over-100-cases-of-cops-abusing-flock-surveillance-cameras/

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                [?]BGDon 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 👨‍💻 » 🌐
                @BrentD@techhub.social

                When stopped by Police Sargent Drone, step away from the car and put hands in the air! <joke> 😃

                Drone as a First Responder - DFR! DFR programs are exploding across the USA.

                As of Feb 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—police, fire, emergency management agencies, have received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers needed to automate drone operations and launch a DFR program.

                Concerns re invasion of privacy and the safety of "automated" flight operations are being flagged already.

                Map of USA showing drone as first responder programs

                Alt...Map of USA showing drone as first responder programs

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                  [?]Colin Macleod » 🌐
                  @CGM@mastodon.scot

                  "BTP expands Live Facial Recognition (LFR) trial into London Underground stations" - btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/en

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                    [?]Hacker News » 🤖 🌐
                    @h4ckernews@mastodon.social

                    New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

                    newbedfordlight.org/new-bedfor

                    Comments: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

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                      [?]PrivacyDigest » 🌐
                      @PrivacyDigest@mas.to

                      Highlighted Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

                      Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.

                      wired.com/story/flock-videos-h

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                        [?]PrivacyDigest » 🌐
                        @PrivacyDigest@mas.to

                        Can Every in America. Love Them. Citizens Don’t.

                        A license plate reader in Addison, — one of 120,000 cameras the country has deployed around the country.

                        nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/floc

                          [?]nullagent » 🌐
                          @nullagent@partyon.xyz

                          Study after study after study has proven the exact same things:

                          1. Black Americans are much more likely to face police brutality.

                          2. Black Americans are MUCH more likely to be stopped by the police in the first place.

                          latimes.com/science/sciencenow

                            [?]nullagent » 🌐
                            @nullagent@partyon.xyz

                            No, what I'm experiencing is closer to being a WW2 pilot.

                            And the sad reality is just like WW2 pilots I've already put in more contact with the forces of fascism than anyone really expects a Black person to survive.

                            dayssinceivebeenstoppedbythepo

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                              [?]Cambridge Community Kitchen » 🌐
                              @cckitchen@kolektiva.social

                              On the morning of Monday 6th July, two police officers forced entry to The Lockon – the building that is CCK's home – based off of the fabrication that a "dead body in a bag" was being harboured inside the building. Officers appeared to make no prior effort to investigate this outlandish allegation or provide a warrant to residents before they made the decision to forcibly break into the property. The officers caused damage to several internal doors and left mess and splinters in the kitchen used for Cambridge Community Kitchen. They performed a cursory search of the ground floor of the building, and ultimately left the building after finding nothing to evidence their case.

                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs

                                yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/0

                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                  More Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Camera Systems

                                  yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/0

                                    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                    Woman Pulled From Car at Gunpoint By After Mistaken Alert - Twice

                                    yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/0

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                                      [?]The Japan Times » 🌐
                                      @thejapantimes@mastodon.social

                                      A surveillance start-up has installed over 100,000 license plate readers across the U.S. but a grassroots movement upset over privacy concerns is fighting back. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/

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                                        [?]ProPublica » 🌐
                                        @ProPublica@newsie.social

                                        As we dug into a little-known church, we started to see a pattern: women describing similar abuse; a preacher who knew what was going on.

                                        And the same prescription for the problem: forgiving and forgetting it happened.

                                        Listen to the latest episode of "Paper Trail": propublica.org/podcast/old-apo

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                                          [?]WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial] » 🌐
                                          @wired.com@web.brid.gy

                                          Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

                                          Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.

                                          Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

                                          Alt...Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

                                          [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                          @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                          ‘DO NOT MENTION USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of

                                          404media.co/do-not-mention-alp

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                                            [?]PrivacyDigest » 🌐
                                            @PrivacyDigest@mas.to

                                            ‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Guide Shows How It Teaches to Promote Its Tech

                                            404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock gives to about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” The handbook highlights how Flock and police team up to convince cities to buy and keep its automated license plate reader technology, even when there is widespread public opposition to it, and encourages police to “own the narrative before someone else does” by championing the technology before citizens can oppose it during public comment periods.

                                            404media.co/own-the-narrative-

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                                              [?]Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 » 🌐
                                              @BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io

                                              ‘DO NOT MENTION USAGE’: How Are Trying to Hide Their Use of
                                              A usage policy for the automated license plate reader cameras in the county tells , in no uncertain terms, to keep them a secret: “DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE,” the policy document reads. “DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.”
                                              Flock is now operating in thousands of cities and towns!
                                              404media.co/do-not-mention-alp
                                              archive.is/20260804160721/http

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                                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                hackers leak info of over 100,000 officers, staff

                                                bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                  Why a Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’

                                                  404media.co/why-a-flock-worker

                                                    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                    How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

                                                    yahoo.com/news/us/articles/rog

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                                                      [?]Bongolian » 🌐
                                                      @Bongolian@mstdn.social

                                                      Nicole Einbinder: In one California town, misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to
                                                      A police officer in Roseville, , called a man to discuss a problem with his license plate. The city's Flock cameras kept mistakenly flagging it as stolen or used in a felony.


                                                      businessinsider.com/flock-came

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                                                        [?]gtbarry » 🌐
                                                        @gtbarry@mastodon.social

                                                        Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance

                                                        The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of police technology in use across the United States: enter your city, county, state or the name of a local law enforcement agency, and it will tell you what's in their toybox.

                                                        boingboing.net/2026/07/27/look

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                                                          [?]Texas Observer » 🌐
                                                          @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

                                                          Tuesday: Local officials' attempts to investigate the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have been stonewalled at every turn. They've even consulted with Minneapolis for tips on forcing to face justice. texasobserver.org/houston-ice-

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                                                            [?]gtbarry » 🌐
                                                            @gtbarry@mastodon.social

                                                            Facial recognition vans to be deployed by police

                                                            Marked vans will be deployed in public places and will compare those walking past with a "watchlist" of individuals either wanted for crimes or subject to banning orders or reported missing.

                                                            bbc.com/news/articles/c8enpzry

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