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Flock Wants The Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Police #Motorola #Axon #Data

theintercept.com/2026/09/24/h...
Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down.
theintercept.com
September 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Scumbag #Webinar #NoKings #Boston #Privacy

@deflock.org

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract
City: Flock enabled "nationwide lookup" despite contract requiring it to be disabled.
arstechnica.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
blacktalonred.bsky.social
I made a shape yesterday wondering if I could, instead of thinking if I should... and now I have to figure out what to do with this #flock #deflock #surveillance #b3d #alpr #privacy #licenseplatereader #spycamera #abuse
August 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones

futurism.com/future-socie...
Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky
Flock is selling "Drone as First Responder" tech, in the form of drones that are equipped with cameras that can read license plates.
futurism.com
August 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock CEO Punches Back Against Critics on Fox News: Privacy Can’t Be the Only Priority
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley
www.mediaite.com/media/flock-...
Flock CEO Punches Back Against Critics on Fox News: Privacy Can’t Be the Only Priority
Flock's Garrett Langley pushed back against the growing criticism of his company, arguing concerns about privacy are warranted but fail to consider safety
www.mediaite.com
August 22, 2026 at 7:15 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying

futurism.com/future-socie...
Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley remains adamant that it's just one big misunderstanding, arguing that "we're not Big Brother."
futurism.com
August 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
#Surveillance #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #SpyCamera #Spying #Drones #Police #Motorola #Axon #Data
www.404media.co/is-your-city...
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
www.404media.co
September 21, 2026 at 11:34 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
CORCA — The Federal Bill to Expand Flock

#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Police #Motorola #Axon #Data

footnote4a.org/news/corca-h...
CORCA — The Federal Bill to Expand Flock
Six of the eleven senators set to grill Flock's CEO on September 23 are cosponsoring a bill that would fund more surveillance and put a new ICE-led intelligence center in charge of sharing it.
footnote4a.org
September 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Police #Motorola #Axon #Data

www.404media.co/hackers-stol...
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #NoKings

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www.404media.co/flock-taught...
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.
www.404media.co
September 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen
#Flock #Palantir #Surveillance #SpyCamera #LicensePlateReader
#Winona #Minnesota

futurism.com/future-socie...
Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen
Police in the small town of Winona, Minnesota are scratching their heads after eight Flock ALPRs vanished seemingly overnight.
futurism.com
August 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock will add privacy guardrails to camera systems amid backlash
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #Palantir #LicensePlateReader #SpyCamera #Abuse #UnAmerican

thehill.com/policy/techn...
Flock will add privacy guardrails to camera systems amid backlash
Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass sur…
thehill.com
August 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #Palantir #LicensePlateReader #SpyCamera

www.404media.co/flock-pitche...
Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
A Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system.
www.404media.co
August 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock Safety CEO calls for national 'compromise' amid camera sabotage and public revolt
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #CompromiseMyAss

www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Flock Safety CEO calls for national 'compromise' amid camera sabotage and public revolt
Flock cameras face vandalism and protests amid privacy concerns, leading CEO Garrett Langley to call for a compromise between public safety and accountability.
www.yahoo.com
August 23, 2026 at 12:58 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
#Trump #Vance #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #NationalParks #Rangers #Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Scumbag

www.404media.co/the-national...
The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
www.404media.co
August 19, 2026 at 12:38 AM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
In New Low, Flock CEO Insists His AI-Surveillance Cameras Could Have Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Scumbag

futurism.com/future-socie...
In New Low, Flock CEO Insists His AI-Surveillance Cameras Could Have Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case
Garrett Langley insists his cameras would have found Nancy Guthrie, even though her city was covered in ALPRs at the time of her kidnapping.
futurism.com
August 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones

www.wired.com/story/hacker...
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
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.
www.wired.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Police Use Flock to Jail Completely Innocent Woman for Weeks
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Police #Motorola #Axon

futurism.com/future-socie...
Police Use Flock to Jail Completely Innocent Woman for Weeks
A woman was jailed for nearly two weeks after police used seconds of footage from a Flock ALPR to guide their entire investigation.
futurism.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
#Trump #Vance #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Infringe

www.404media.co/cops-search-...
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
www.404media.co
September 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Scumbag #Webinar #NoKings
@deflock.org

futurism.com/future-socie...
Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches
An employee for the Albany County Sheriff's Office was caught conducting over 4,000 unauthorized queries on five people.
futurism.com
September 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Scumbag #Webinar #NoKings
www.techradar.com/tech/flocks-...
Flock's search systems include an 'AI-powered watch list' according to a new report
Wired has managed to uncover some of the details about how search works for police officers using Flock.
www.techradar.com
September 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Shoppers outraged after learning Ulta Beauty stores are allowing Flock cameras
#Ulta #UltaBeauty #Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Scumbag #Webinar #NoKings

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Shoppers outraged after learning Ulta Beauty stores are allowing Flock cameras
The beauty retailer’s social media pages are flooded with criticism from shoppers angry over its use of Flock cameras
www.independent.co.uk
September 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock Is Cancelled—And Their Competitors Are Profiting
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Scumbag #Drones #Motorola #Rekor #Axon

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Flock is cancelled—and their competitors are profiting
Other brands are still dodging the backlash around automated license plate readers.
www.motherjones.com
September 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Scumbag #Webinar #NoKings

www.404media.co/flock-taught...
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.
www.404media.co
September 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras
#Flock #Surveillance #FlockGroupInc #LicensePlateReader #ALPR #DeFlock #SpyCamera #Spying #Langley #Drones #Scumbag #Webinar #NoKings #NewMexico

futurism.com/future-socie...
Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras
An Albuquerque man filmed himself returning Flock cameras to the Sheriff's department after they cancelled their contract.
futurism.com
September 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM