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recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

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recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago
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Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. In some cases, law enforcement specifically targeted known activist groups, demonstrating how mass surveillance technology increasingly threatens our freedom to demonstrate.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/46082054

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    People are, and you can help! https://unsalted.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/27/new-zine-birds-of-a-feather-destroy-a-flock-together/

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      Maybe it’s just me, but all the links on that page seem to point to a different zine (“Red flags: Before you join that org”) than one about Flock. I tried a few likely URL substitutions but couldn’t find the intended PDF.

      EDIT: Just clicked the publisher username and found it has correct links: https://unsalted.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/27/new-zine-birds-of-a-feather-destroy-a-flock-together/

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        Oh geeze you’re right, I should have caught that🤦. Thanks for finding the correct one.

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          Happy to help! Thanks for the initial pointer to the site.

          Some more info about Flock cameras and their multitude of vulnerabilities and dangers are covered in some YouTube videos by Benn Jordan:

          • Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras (2025-08-26)
          • We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. (2025-11-16)

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