2+ week, 1+ day ago   (310+ words) At this point, Flock automatic license plate readers are basically a 90-10 issue in the US. In fact, so many Americans hate these surveillance towers that hacking one down has become the quickest way to achieve national folk-hero status. In one…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (860+ words) “The Emperor is a fan of Flock,” a person wearing a full-body costume of the “Star Wars” villain told a committee of the San Diego City Council this week, referencing Darth Vader’s evil, power-hungry boss, Emperor Palpatine, ruler of the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1664+ words) In today’s edition … The rise of Flock cameras as a political issue … The disingenuous outrage over the national debt … but first … This newsletter will take its annual summer break next week and will return on Aug. 31, when we will start…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (662+ words) We have met the enemy — and it is watching us. There’s a growing backlash against Flock cameras, the automated license plate readers that have become ubiquitous across the country. The cameras take images of license plates and store them in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (213+ words) It may seem hard to believe now, but at the dawn of this age, some people genuinely believed that the spread of cameras, microphones and whatever else into millions of hands could be a shield against surveillance. Mann believed that…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (314+ words) As vandalism against its license plate-reading cameras and backlash against civic leaders who embrace them grows, Flock Safety is losing its surveillance coverage at a breakneck pace. That isn’t just bad news for the company’s bottom line. It also means…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (305+ words) Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley is no stranger to controversy, something he regularly uses to drum up press and raise the profile of his universally reviled surveillance company. While we may be giving him exactly what he wants, his latest…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (981+ words) Adam Heimerman kept seeing the surveillance cameras on his way to work as a river guide in East Tennessee, and the sight rankled him. More than 130,000 of the automatic license-plate readers now dot the country, according to the crowdsourced tracker…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1301+ words) Flock Safety is tightening privacy and oversight controls for its nationwide network of automated license plate readers as more communities pull back from the technology and lawmakers across the political spectrum push for new restrictions. The company announced Thursday that…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (598+ words) In the United States, there’s practically no escaping from mass surveillance company Flock Safety’s 120,000 license plate reading cameras spread across 49 states. The company has partnered with 6,000 law enforcement agencies and 1,000 private customers, leading to terrifying false arrests and even crooked…...