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US Cities Cancel 50+ Flock Surveillance Contracts Amid Public Backlash
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/50445196
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TownFlexUS Cities Cancel 50+ Flock Surveillance Contracts Amid Public BacklashAt least 54 US cities have canceled or rejected Flock license plate camera contracts in 2026 as privacy concerns and false alerts spark nationwide backlash.Replying to @FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
no one couldve possibly predicted that capitalist mass surveillance was a bad idea
Replying to @kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml
It’s actually a good idea? You don’t have expectation of privacy when you’re outside. It’s legal for anyone to install a camera pointing outside.
Replying to @iopq@lemmy.world
One camera isnt the problem.
A whole network of cameras tracking your every move, logged in a national database that doesn’t require a warrant or oversight is.
Police require a warrant to get your phones location data, but they don’t require one to ask Flock for your every move. This has already been abused hundreds of times by police and city employees to stalk their ex partners and more…
Tech TimesPolice Used Flock's License Plate Network to Stalk Women in at Least 50 CasesFlock Safety license plate reader stalking cases now number at least 50 nationwide, with officers exploiting the 120,000-camera network to track ex-partners and women without a warrant, case number, or active investigation, according to a Washington Post analysis of police and court records. A
Replying to @Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
Unless they're Intel.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/trump-congress-fisa-spy-court-fbi-bill/
Mother JonesCongress is in chaos over a surveillance law—but the full story is classifiedTrump said he was against the FISA spy program. Then he got back into office.