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Influencers are urging Home Depot and Lowe's to drop Flock
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (731+ words) A group of online creators with a combined 46 million followers is demanding Lowe's and Home Depot — two of the largest home-improvement stores in the US — to cut ties with Flock Safety amid a nationwide campaign against large retailers that may…...
Billionaire backer of San Francisco's Flock cameras gets flak from Gen Z son: 'I'd rather have the crime"
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (487+ words) Not even a billionaire can escape the brewing backlash against Flock Safety. "He always gives me a hard time — 'I can't believe you're doing this surveillance thing? What are you doing?'" Larsen said his son has asked him. When Larsen…...
I let my 5-year-old walk half a mile alone. Four days later, there was a warrant for my arrest.
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (717+ words) Karyann Parkinson was eight months pregnant when her son's solo walk led to a police and CPS investigation and, later, a criminal charge....
The Flock backlash is coming for retail
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (800+ words) City governments have felt the heat to drop their contracts with Flock Safety. Now, retail giants are feeling it too. As the backlash against Flock's security products continues, critics are targeting retail stores that have known partnerships with the company....
Florida orders removal of Flock cameras from state highways
1+ week, 5+ day ago (292+ words) The Florida Department of Transportation is revoking permits for automated license plate readers on roads in the state highway system, according to a memo issued by the department on Monday. The devices must be removed within 30 days of the memo,…...
Police use Flock to search license plates. Now there's a viral website to see if yours was one of them.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (789+ words) The national debate over Flock Safety's license-plate reader technology has turned a website built by a former software engineer into a sensation. Hundreds of thousands of people a day are visiting "Have I Been Flocked?" — the database created in October…...
Flock CEO says drones are its fastest-growing business as it expands beyond license plate cameras
3+ week, 4+ day ago (547+ words) Flock Safety is best known for its license plate-scanning technology. But during an interview on the "All-In" podcast released Monday, CEO Garrett Langley said that business now represents just under half of the company's "forward-looking revenue." The company is increasingly…...
Flock is making changes after public backlash and 'arrests of several law enforcement officers"
4+ week, 2+ day ago (279+ words) Flock Safety is making changes in the wake of public backlash and media reports scrutinizing how its cameras are being used to surveil American drivers. The company is tightening its privacy and accountability safeguards for law enforcement accessing its camera…...
Flock cameras are everywhere. Here's how they track cars.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (949+ words) Flock cameras are almost everywhere and often hide in plain sight. A Flock camera is an automated license plate reader, or ALPR, made by the public-safety technology company Flock Safety. The cameras are commonly installed along roads, at intersections, near…...
Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in one California town
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1151+ words) In the summer of 2024, a police officer in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, California, called a man to discuss a persistent problem with his license plate. The city's AI-powered license plate readers, made by the tech startup Flock Safety, had…...