15 stories tagged with #flock, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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Photo: Fighting Flock From a Lawn Chair
"I'm not a lawbreaker," the Florida man known as the "flock blocker" told local media.…
Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’
A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.…
Flock’s Massive License-Plate Database Just Hit a Fourth Amendment Wall
Police found 91 pounds of meth in Melisa Kyle's vehicle. Nobody has to squint very hard to understand why law enforcement wanted the drugs off the highway.…
Welcome to the Flock Elections
Over the past six months, Americans have become increasingly aware of automated license plate readers, used by almost 80 percent of American police departments to trace vehicles an…
An officers use of Flock cameras was unconstitutional, judge rules
The decision breaks with existing opinions on Flock's threat to Fourth Amendment protections.…
Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers
Oklahoma federal judge Sara Hill described automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) as a form of indiscriminate mass surveillance, comparing them to dragnet-style searches. Her ruli…
US lawmakers introduce the Ban Flock Act to block surveillance camera use
More moves in the US government to get Flock run out of (every) town, but the legislation has long odds of passing.…
‘Flock is Eviscerating the Very Notion of Privacy’: Sanders and AOC Propose the Ban Flock Act
“Going to the doctor? Flock knows. Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you."…
A US judge rules an officer's use of Flock to search a car's license plate was a form of "indiscriminate mass surveillance", and violated the Fourth Amendment (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
By Jason Koebler / 404 Media. View the full context on Techmeme.…
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.…
Bernie Sanders proposes The Ban Flock Act
Sanders teams up with Democratic lawmakers to stop the government from using automated license plate readers.…
A Florida county discovered 14 Flock cameras nobody authorized, and 11 remain unclaimed
The latest case of unclaimed Flock cameras occurred in St. Lucie County, Florida. When officials began taking down the cameras after canceling the county's contract with the...…
Flock drones with cameras deployed as first responders in some US cities amid privacy concerns
These drones could cut emergency response times to under two minutes, but at what cost?…
Florida cops turn up 11 unauthorized Flock cameras of unknown origin
Residents were already suspicious of Flock cameras when they knew who was operating them — but here it's a mystery.…
11 mystery Flock cameras identified in Florida county
Florida recently ordered law enforcement agencies to remove Flock cameras installed on the state's roads: the intrusive technology and regular misuse by police officers has led to …