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A Georgia man is suing Flock Safety and the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, alleging that searches of the company's license plate recognition (ALPR) data were used to fuel retaliation against him in violation of Georgia law and the Fourth Amendment. The case comes amid growing backlash against Flock, with hundreds of law enforcement agencies recently dropping contracts over surveillance concerns.
德州司机 Alek Schott 因 AI 车牌识别系统（ALPR）导致的无根据交通拦截和毒品搜查起诉 Bexar County 胜诉，获赔象征性的 76 美元，引发对 Flock Safety 摄像头等大规模监控技术的更多审视。
A Texas city is demanding $2 million to release public records about its use of Flock's license-plate-reading cameras, as advocates warn that few agencies share data and AI-driven alerts risk enabling unconstitutional searches.
A 23-year-old woman, Lindsey Isaacs, was wrongfully arrested and jailed for 13 days based on a single piece of data from a Flock camera, illustrating the dangers of automated surveillance technology and police abuse of power.
A woman was arrested after speaking about Flock surveillance cameras at a Springfield city council meeting, where the council voted to delay a review of the camera system, leading to public outcry and arrests.
Hackers reverse-engineered Flock ALPR cameras, revealing multiple security vulnerabilities including obsolete Android versions and hard-coded credentials, which pose significant risks to data privacy and surveillance systems.
An Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis reveals that police officers frequently use joke reasons like 'LMAO' when searching Flock's surveillance system, raising concerns about privacy abuses and lack of accountability in mass surveillance.
The tweet argues that Flock cameras and ALPRs have been in use for over a decade without documented abuse during COVID, countering concerns about potential government surveillance overreach.
Communities and critics are pushing back against Flock and other AI-powered automatic license plate readers, with contracts being canceled and new abuse-prevention updates announced after reports of police misuse.
The author argues that historical searches of license plate reader (ALPR) data should require a warrant, citing legal precedents like Carpenter and discussing the Schmidt v. City of Norfolk case.
Wired reports that Flock, an automatic license plate reader company, promoted several police departments in its YouTube videos that have since faced allegations of misusing the technology, highlighting systemic ALPR misuse issues.
Steve Eimers, known as 'The Guardrail Guy,' went viral for posting about Flock automatic license plate readers and their potential crash hazards; after his posts, one of the cameras he featured was destroyed, drawing attention to controversy over ALPR surveillance and vandalism threats.
ACLU documents how Flock Safety repeatedly misled city councils, police, and the public about its automatic license plate reader technology, including denying that its system creates vehicle heat maps, leading to a record short-lived contract cancellation in Oshkosh.
WIRED maps 1,181 automatic license plate reader cameras, mostly from Flock Safety, near US World Cup stadiums, highlighting surveillance and privacy concerns.
A surveillance company plans to add Bluetooth sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) to capture unique identifiers from phones, AirPods, and smartwatches in passing vehicles, potentially allowing law enforcement to track specific individuals.
Deflock announces it has mapped 100,000 Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras across the USA, marking a significant milestone in surveillance infrastructure coverage.
US lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan amendment that would ban the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) for any purpose other than tolling by recipients of federal highway funding, effectively ending most police ALPR programs nationwide.
The FBI plans to purchase nationwide access to automated license plate reader data for up to $36 million, allowing warrantless tracking of vehicles across the US.