Flock Safety
Josh Hawley Expands AI Surveillance Probe to Three More Companies
Hawley wants to know who can search these systems, how far they can look, and what happens afterward.
Massie and Burlison Introduce Bill to Defund Flock Surveillance Cameras
Mass surveillance has found an unlikely congressional antagonist: a bill called Flock-Off.
Florida and Texas Move Against Flock License Plate Readers
Florida and Texas are putting the brakes on a system built to make every drive searchable.
Senate Probes Flock Safety Over 20 Billion Vehicle Scans
Josh Hawley wants to know what Flock Safety knows, and he has given the company twelve days to write it all down.
MembersWas Your Plate Searched on Flock? How to Check and Request Records
How to search Flock Safety audit logs, read a hit, and file a public records request for your license plate.
MembersTotal Coverage, Optional Oversight
Surveillance companies do not promise their systems will never be abused. They promise the abuse will be caught, which is a different promise and a much smaller one.
MembersThe Streetlight With Half a Terabyte of Surveillance Storage Inside
The city council approved a lighting upgrade. What it got was 4,000 poles with an Intel processor and two cameras apiece, and nobody thought to ask which one they were voting on.
Flock Camera Error Gets Innocent Driver Boxed in by Police
Between a Los Angeles photo shoot and a Minnesota Kohl’s, a private camera network decided a car reviewer was a car thief.
MembersThe Secret Life of the Signals Around You
The gadgets you never think about are the ones broadcasting your identity to anyone with the right sensor.
MembersYour Town for $300M: Surveillance State, on Sale
Buried beneath the law-and-order slogans is a procurement list that doubles as the blueprint for permanent surveillance.
Ring Cancels Flock Safety Integration After Public Backlash
The cancellation is real, but the infrastructure that made the partnership feel plausible in the first place is still very much running.
MembersThe Next Surveillance Boom Is Taking Flight
The sky is becoming the newest jurisdiction, where algorithms write the rules faster than lawmakers can read them.