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PrivacyDigestFeds Used Local Cop's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Password" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Password</a> to Do <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> With <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cameras</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://www.404media.co/feds-used-local-cops-password-to-do-immigration-surveillance-with-flock-cameras/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/feds-used-local-cops-password-to-do-immigration-surveillance-with-flock-cameras/</a>

The New OilSchools are next for <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> Safety’s automatic license place reader cameras<a href="https://therecord.media/flock-safety-raptor-technologies-schools-surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://therecord.media/flock-safety-raptor-technologies-schools-surveillance</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> Launches Investigation into <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> After 404 Media ReportingTwo members of Congress have launched a formal investigation into automatic license plate reader ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> ) company Flock and demanded it turn over details of all searches of its national <a href="https://mas.to/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#camera</a> network concerning <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> and Customs Enforcement ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> ), <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Customs</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Border</a> Protection ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CBP</a> ), and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortions</a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/</a>

Dave Rahardja<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@kajer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kajer</a> <a href="https://social.authbypass.com/@rickoooooo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rickoooooo</a> Here is this post in blog form:<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ensthittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ensthittification</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a><a href="https://www.humancode.us/2025/08/09/say-no-to-surveillance.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.humancode.us/2025/08/09/say-no-to-surveillance.html</a>

Oakland PrivacyHuge update on the fight against Flock and the use of ALPRs!<a href="https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#investigation</a>

Dave RahardjaOH WOW WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS (everyone)<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a>“Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious””<a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious</a>

The New OilCongress Launches Investigation into <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> After 404 Media Reporting<a href="https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a>

Tracy RosenbergHouse Oversight Committee launches investigation of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> Safety automated license plate reader program. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-members-krishnamoorthi-and-garcia-demand-accountability-flock-group" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-members-krishnamoorthi-and-garcia-demand-accountability-flock-group</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> Company <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> Now Using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> to Report Us to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Police</a> if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/suspicious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suspicious</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tracking</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious</a>

Rick OI think flock may have some camera models that are dumb and just feed video directly into the compute box. It seems like the box connects to up to four cameras at a time. I'm guessing this just does all the same processing that a Falcon camera does, but for four streams at a time. It has at 256gb disk though, which seems excessive. Anyone know what the <a href="https://social.authbypass.com/tags/flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flock</a> <a href="https://social.authbypass.com/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> compute box does? Does it run the same Android software as the Falcon camera model?

Rick OI've been researching the <a href="https://social.authbypass.com/tags/flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flock</a> <a href="https://social.authbypass.com/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> system and trying to figure out what this "compute box" actually is. So far there's an EBay listing that makes it sound like it's purpose is storage. But I'm skeptical about that since it's called "compute box" and not "storage box".

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Hundreds of AI-powered automated license plate reading cameras paid for by Lowe’s and Home Depot and stationed in the hardware stores’ parking lots are being fed into a massive surveillance system that law enforcement can access, according to records obtained using a public records request. The records, obtained from the Johnson County, Texas Sheriff’s Office by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and shared with 404 Media, show the sheriff’s office is able to tap into Flock license plate reading cameras at 173 different Lowe’s locations around the U.S. and that it can tap into cameras and gunshot-detecting microphones at dozens of Home Depot stores within Texas. The records are the latest to shed light on how expansive Flock’s surveillance network has become, and highlights that it includes cameras that are operated by both police and private businesses. “What we're learning is that two of the country's most popular home improvement stores are contributing to the massive surveillance dragnet coordinated by Flock Safety,” Dave Maass, director of investigations at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told 404 Media."<a href="https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/HomeDepot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeDepot</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Lowes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lowes</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>

AI6YR Ben"...The company also offers a “Linked Vehicles” or “Convoy Search” allowing police to “uncover vehicles frequently seen together,” putting it squarely in the business of tracking people’s associations..."<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>

AI6YR BenACLU: Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious” "...the company is also now apparently analyzing our driving patterns to determine if we’re “suspicious.” That means if your police start using Flock, they could target you just because some algorithm has decided your movement patterns suggest criminality...."<a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policing</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithms</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crime</a>

The New Oil<a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/HomeDepot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeDepot</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Lowe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lowe</a>'s Share Data From Hundreds of <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> Cameras With Cops<a href="https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a>

Tracy RosenbergThe Johnson County Sheriff's Office in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> claims they can search automated license plate databases for police departments in three California cities - El Cajon, Salinas and El Monte - in violation of California state law. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CADOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CADOJ</a> <a href="https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2025/07/23/JCSO_Agency_Sharing.pdf?ref=404media.co" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2025/07/23/JCSO_Agency_Sharing.pdf?ref=404media.co</a>

AI6YR BenWheee -- this is just going to work out splendidly with the whole fascism thing. /s 404 Media: Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops<a href="https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/homedepot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homedepot</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lowes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowes</a>

AI6YR BenLA Times: How ICE is using the LAPD to track down immigrants for deportation"...Of particular concern, he said, is the LAPD’s handling of data collected from automated license plate readers, devices deployed around the city that track the movements of vehicles. Police officials have insisted that the information is not shared with ICE. But other local law enforcement agencies have flouted their own similar rules in the past, raising concerns that the LAPD may not keep its word...."<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-30/ice-raids-lapd-special-order-40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-30/ice-raids-lapd-special-order-40</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpr</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/licenseplatereaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#licenseplatereaders</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

Tracy Rosenberg“If you want the camera moved, my suggestion would be to get a court order.” Retired Arkansas law enforcement law officer is trying to do exactly that after his town of 821 people installed a license plate reader pointed directly at his house." <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/07/18/unblinking-eyes-greers-ferry-couple-says-citys-traffic-camera-keeps-their-home-under-24-7-surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/07/18/unblinking-eyes-greers-ferry-couple-says-citys-traffic-camera-keeps-their-home-under-24-7-surveillance</a>

Todd NelsonMy City Council, shrugging off any concerns about the 4th Amendment, is expanding its use of Automatic License Plate Readers from Flock. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a> We are a purple city in California. Next to us is Dublin, where ICE is considering using a shuttered prison as a Federal detention center.Pleasanton Expands Surveillance<a href="https://write.as/footsteps/pleasanton-expands-surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://write.as/footsteps/pleasanton-expands-surveillance</a>

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