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"AI-analysts, working overnight" can "synthesize records from Nova— like vehicles, people, and case records— run freeform searches on images, and then merge that with records and CAD data." But, "where it gets really exciting is that soon you'll be able to build your own agents"

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Flock has historically used real surveillance data for demos. A "CHL - Law Enforcement Demo" hotlist is shown, alongside a separate "CHL - Stop & Hold" hotlist. Moore Co., TX, pulled 30 days of real location data from 82,192 devices for the Stop & Hold plate. Reason: "test".

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After an already-suspended cop used Flock to stalk women, Costa Mesa asked why Flock's terms included social media-style licensing language for posts & media. Costa Mesa PD said they had no idea. Pic: Flock's hotlist tool, with social section and media button on right.

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After an already-suspended cop used Flock to stalk women, Costa Mesa asked why Flock's terms included social media-style licensing language for posts & media. Costa Mesa PD said they had no idea. Pic: Flock's hotlist tool, with social section and media button on right.

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Flock wasn't present in Costa Mesa (pop. 100k), to answer questions about the $151k contract. This was days after LA (pop. 3.8M; 30 mi. from Costa Mesa) let its contract lapse. Flock did send four reps to a committee meeting in Neenah, WI, to defend its $30k contract there.

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"Flock cameras only take a picture of the back of your car. They do not track vehicles." ... until you click the "START REAL-TIME ROUTING" button to "help identify where vehicles are traveling in between our various Falcon cameras placed throughout the community."

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Flock wants to combat activist misinformation and educate you on their system's real capabilities. We can help. Stay tuned. "Anyone in the department you decide to give a role or permission to view this and access this, will have it — wherever they're at, whenever they're at."

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Flock is Literally on Fire — The company faces severe backlash and more and more cameras are being cut down and destroyed. Two cameras in Georgia caught fire; it's being investigated as arson, but will that be enough? footnote4a.org/news/battery...

footnote4a.orgFlock is Literally on FireThe company faces severe backlash and more and more cameras are being cut down and destroyed. Two cameras in Georgia caught fire; it's being investigated as arson, but will that be enough?
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After an officer abused Flock and police databases for stalking, Costa Mesa heard nearly five hours of resident testimony against mass surveillance. Then voted 6-1 to keep the contract. footnote4a.org/news/costa-m...

footnote4a.orgCosta Mesa Keeps FlockAfter an officer abused two police databases to stalk women, Costa Mesa, California, heard nearly five hours of resident opposition — cutting speakers' time partway through — before voting 6-1 to keep...

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In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.

wired.comThe Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance MachineFamously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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With a contract on the line, Flock's Joshua Thomas tried to tell Dr. Jen Golbeck and the City Club audience that surveillance is inevitable. Cleveland is already saying otherwise. The Monster Did It: The Five Flavors of Flock Fatalism footnote4a.org/news/flock-f...

footnote4a.orgThe Monster Did It: The Five Flavors of Flock FatalismFlock's core rhetorical product isn't safety — it's fatalism. Every argument the company makes for its products reduces to "this was always going to happen, so the only question is configuration." Dis...

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Senator Ron Wyden
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Woodburn officials confirmed to me yesterday that it had terminated its contract with Flock Safety and removed the 23 Flock cameras that it installed last year. The City Council paused the use of Flock cameras in November. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...

statesmanjournal.comWoodburn confirms removal of Flock license plate reader camerasWoodburn officials have confirmed to the Statesman Journal that the city's use of the Flock system has ended and cameras have been removed.
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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...

haveibeenflocked.comFlock Goes Global: How a $7.5 Billion Surveillance Company Found Its International Partner in South Africa's Most Controversial Camera NetworkVumacam sells Flock surveillance in South Africa. Its founder was criminally investigated for operating unlicensed. Its cameras have been called digital apartheid. It all tracks.
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No Permit, No Problem: California Governor Hopeful Chad Bianco's 500+ Unauthorized Surveillance Cameras haveibeenflocked.com/news/riversi... #California #Flock #FlockSafety #Surveillance #ALPR

haveibeenflocked.comNo Permit, No Problem: California Governor Hopeful Chad Bianco's 500+ Unauthorized Surveillance CamerasRiverside County issued three encroachment permits for 500+ Flock surveillance cameras to the wrong permittee and based on incomplete applications. Then it let them lapse for over a year. Bianco and F...
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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...

haveibeenflocked.comLorem Ipsum Is the Most Honest Thing on Flock's Trust CenterFlock Safety 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.
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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