Flock Safety to shorten license-plate reader data retention after abuse reports
From We Are Antifa: 1.200 cameras. Every car in the city. No warrant. Two residents are suing to prove it's unconstitutional. If they win, 6,000 cities have a problem. Lee Schmidt and Crystal Arrington live in Norfolk, Virginia. Every time they get behind the wheel, nearly 200 Flock Safety
Lori72. Cameras record their license plate, the make and model of their vehicle, the direction they're traveling, and the exact time. No judge issued a warrant. No court reviewed probable cause. The city just installed the cameras and started recording.
ginalolajupiter.bsky.social1SHITHOLE country…. Surveillance state… in China, you have to show government ID to purchase gas….
spirit-man1I picked the right time to reject car ownership, gasoline purchasing, and driving last year. Yay me.
One thing this Bloomberg piece covers that is left out of other reporting from today is where Flock sees the biggest opportunity for growth: “‘Drones, trailers and software — that’s really what’s driving the business forward,’ Langley said.”
Hypervisible 13“Langley said new products are a focus because the market for automated license plate readers is finite and growth in new cities will be tough.”
Steve T PhD, ensconsed6"We're not Big Brother," CEO says. To you, using your full name and DOB, through a loudspeaker mounted under the camera on a pole erected at the end of your driveway.
BreeDanielsWins2"We're not big brother." I can't think of anything that describes Big Brother better than cameras watching & reporting your every move. Try again, Flock.
Ben2"We're not Big Brother... yet."
jeremiahchronister.bsky.social1The hardware layer is where recurring revenue sticks. Drones and trailers create sticky data loops that pure software never captures.
River Blackearth1That sounds like something Big Brother would say.
A sample of our recent episode about organizing to resist #Flock, #Fusus, #Axon and other police surveillance apparati, this from Kelly at Nashville Community Safety Network. Hear the rest at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/08...
Bex 🖤🏴10The speed at which groups are pivoting from Flock to include the other ALPR companies is giving me life. We aren't letting up on Flock either. This is definitely a "yes, and" situation, and we are rising to it.
Rita, antifascist🏴10“Putting in the work. week in, week out, to bring us important conversations with grassroots organizers, @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social is a gem and should be supported and boosted!” - @igd.bsky.social (on fedi)
