Flock Calls ALPR Information "Wholly Irrelevant" to Lawsuit About Policy on ALPR Information footnote4a.org/news/ca-suits

@hibf.bsky.social The Republican Mayor of Menominee, Casey Hoffman, alerted the public yesterday that Flock cameras in Menominee were activated without City Council approval. He posted a reel on his Facebook page; these are the screenshots. Sorry, I can't find out any information about the meeting.

New Castle, PA put Flock in its only Majority-Minority Neighborhood footnote4a.org/news/new-cas...

We Have to Treat Everyone: tells hospital customers to add fired and laid-off healthcare workers to the watchlist. footnote4a.org/news/flock-n...

Under Construction: California Class Action Lawsuits — While the existing Flock suits move toward consolidation, a new one drops; this time against The Home Depot and its "gravely dangerous" use of ALPRs. footnote4a.org/news/home-de...

Pattern of Life: Why a City Canceled Flock footnote4a.org/news/pattern...

The Cost of Being Alive: Flock CEO Langley at TED2026 haveibeenflocked.com/news/langley...

Flock's contractual liability for operating drones over Dunwoody drops to $0 in year two. The city negotiated this deal. haveibeenflocked.com/news/dunwood...

Flock Goes Global: How a $7.5 Billion Surveillance Company Found Its International Partner in South Africa's Most Controversial Camera Network haveibeenflocked.com/news/vumacam...

No Permit, No Problem: California Governor Hopeful Chad Bianco's 500+ Unauthorized Surveillance Cameras haveibeenflocked.com/news/riversi... #California #Flock #FlockSafety #Surveillance #ALPR

"Flock Wing License(s) Included": How Speed Cameras Became Surveillance Cameras haveibeenflocked.com/news/speed-c...

Its users are not “sworn law enforcement officer[s] for purposes of accessing our [Flock’s] law enforcement network.” Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ApkC3 #surveillance #security #cjis

The Platform: Flock Safety Is Running on Promises, Not Policy haveibeenflocked.com/news/the-pla...

If a member of the public attempts to complain, the Iowa Public Information Board sends this notice Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AndAT #iowa #surveillance #aclu

For Flock’s images: nobody, most likely including Flock, knows who has had access to the image, the metadata, or the hash at any point in the process. https://lttr.ai/ApatT #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

You Will Own Nothing: How Flock Safety Keeps Cities From Their Own Surveillance Data haveibeenflocked.com/news/own-not...

Virgin Island police are looking for traffic infractions and stolen vehicles in the Ozarks. haveibeenflocked.com/news/vi-ar

Already in trouble after classifying itself as a CJIS compliant entity, now, it’s not only collecting biometrics, it’s tracking people walking. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AncQf #surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

Langley Speaks on the Burden of Truth and Minority Report https://lttr.ai/ApOoL #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

Lorem Ipsum Is the Most Honest Thing on Flock's Trust Center: Flock launched a half-finished Trust Center full of placeholder text and unvetted claims — an unintentional demonstration of the access control failures it was built to deny. haveibeenflocked.com/news/trust-c...

Langley Speaks on the Burden of Truth and Minority Report https://lttr.ai/ApKnC #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

Flock's Hot Lists are a Hot Mess — 800 custom hotlist entries from a Texas constable's office reveal vague reasons, indefinite surveillance, and instructions to manufacture probable cause. haveibeenflocked.com/news/hotlist...

Asynchronous processing is a technical necessity when operating over spotty LTE networks, but it also means there is a multi-day window in which images and metadata sit on an unattended, unsecured device. https://lttr.ai/ApJHk #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

Langley Speaks on the Burden of Truth and Minority Report https://lttr.ai/ApJHV #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

Langley Speaks on the Burden of Truth and Minority Report https://lttr.ai/ApG5C #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

Flock’s issues with data sharing are broad. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc8j #surveillance #security #cjis

Langley Speaks on the Burden of Truth and Minority Report https://lttr.ai/ApEoC #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

Thirty-three days later, when Frank’s body is finally found, the casino and the city had already recycled their virtual surveillance video tapes. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc9b #surveillance #murder #LicensePlateReader

Flock’s product is strong enough to generate arrests—point a camera at a road, flag a plate, send a cop. It's not strong enough to generate evidence. #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock https://lttr.ai/ApCM2

Flock’s evidence authentication is a convoluted version of “trust me, bro.” It attests only to the fact that an image downloaded from Flock matches another image in Flock’s system. https://lttr.ai/ApCMg #Flock #Haveibeenflocked #Deflock

When his body was finally discovered—not by police who were called to the location but by a random passer-by—police pulled out all the stops to try to get evidence. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc9V #surveillance #murder #LicensePlateReader

Flock's new terms give it "a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license" to use Customer Data for broad purposes. In other words: It's Flock's data now. ▸ https://lttr.ai/AoSyl #Flock #Deflock #Surveillance

Flock's FreeForm blocks a search for a 'white male, 6'1", brown hair, slender build' — but approves 'tweaker on bike' and a nationwide search for 'Marine Corps.' The logs tell the story. haveibeenflocked.com/news/freefor...

The type of data lines up perfectly with the search we’ve seen in Flock's moderation logs, where we have someone searching for a “red shirt” Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AncQb #surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

The Iowa Public Information Board has issued no formal guidance on these items. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AndAS #iowa #surveillance #aclu

Flock frequently claims users must be a “sworn law enforcement officer for purposes of accessing our law enforcement network.” It's easily disproven by examining the list of its customers on this site. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc8h #surveillance #security #cjis

ALPR turns up nothing; with the exception of a Walgreens video showing Rob’s truck driving by, and another business provides video showing some unidentifiable vehicles on the road where Frank’s body was found, they find little. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc9T #surveillance #murder

Consumer Data Protection: California Plus, Compliance Minus — Flock's boilerplate denial doesn't survive the statute it claims to follow. haveibeenflocked.com/news/califor...

On January 29, 2022, after a resident reported gunshots, Wayne PD responded, found blood in the snow, and, per media reporting, did nothing more Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc9a #surveillance #murder #LicensePlateReader

Flock does not need your face to track you Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AncQY #surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

In December, Flock moved its contract terms online, carved footage out of customer data, and expanded Flock’s IP claims. Now, it's making things worse. ▸ https://lttr.ai/AoSyj #Flock #Deflock #Surveillance

By March 31st, police serve pen register orders on the cell phone provider, and they start live-tracking Rob and Marco’s phone locations. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc9R #surveillance #murder #LicensePlateReader

Flock vs. FOIA: The Suppression Manual — Flock coaches police on denying records requests, inserts itself into the legal process, and sells a 'transparency portal' its own staff calls useless. haveibeenflocked.com/news/flock-v...

The quasi-good news is that under laws like Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, this is likely considered biometric data and its collection is therefore heavily regulated. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AncQd #surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

Arguably, if ALPR data is factual information, copyright laws would not apply regardless. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AoS7i #surveillance #security #cjis

This list is not device-specific, so “Audio detection” is presumably for the Raven scream detector. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AoS7g #surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

On January 29, 2022, Wayne PD received a call from a resident reporting gunshots near his home on Munger Road. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Anc9Y #surveillance #murder #LicensePlateReader

Iowa's ALPR Bill Would Make Des Moines the License Plate Data Capital of America haveibeenflocked.com/news/hf2161-...

A machine learning algorithm that tracks persons as they move between cameras. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AncQe #surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

Flock's new terms add perpetual data licenses, mandatory Georgia arbitration, and potential constitutional problems for every city that signs. ▸ https://lttr.ai/AoSyh #Flock #Deflock #Surveillance