Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
404 Media first revealed the intended partnership last August when multiple sources provided information on the plan. The presentation shows Flock was actively pitching this partnership, and its use of Uber and Lyft drivers, to potential customers right around the time 404 Media reported on it.💡Do you work for Flock, Axon, or a similar company? Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected] told 404 Media in an email it never executed the partnership with Nexar.
- ▪404 Media first revealed the intended partnership last August when multiple sources provided information on the plan.
- ▪The presentation shows Flock was actively pitching this partnership, and its use of Uber and Lyft drivers, to potential customers right around the time 404 Media reported on it.💡Do you work for Flock, Axon, or a similar company?
- ▪Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected] told 404 Media in an email it never executed the partnership with Nexar.
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| Publication time | Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:26 GMT |
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Flock planned to use dashcams installed in hundreds of thousands Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers’ vehicles to scan license plates those drivers travelled passed, essentially turning Uber and Lyft drivers into roaming surveillance vehicles, according to a Flock presentation shared with 404 Media.The document provides more details on Flock’s planned partnership with Nexar, a popular dashcam company. 404 Media first revealed the intended partnership last August when multiple sources provided information on the plan. The presentation shows Flock was actively pitching this partnership, and its use of Uber and Lyft drivers, to potential customers right around the time 404 Media reported on it.💡Do you work for Flock, Axon, or a similar company? I would love to hear from you.
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