Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms
Flock Safety, the embattled vendor of mass surveillance technology, has rolled out a handful of new reforms intended to appease the justified nationwide anger that…
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Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices
Reversing course, Flock Safety—the surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated license plate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot…
Jessica Burbank on the Rise of Flock Safety and America’s Surveillance State
As Americans are told to accept an ever-expanding web of cameras, drones, and AI-powered policing in the name of public safety, few journalists have followed…
Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?
When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are…