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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 19h
This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop, who did it because a passing car had a plate from a different state, violated the driver's rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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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.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) are debuting legislation that would crack down on Flock license-plate-reader cameras.
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez debut bill to crack down on Flock cameras
The legislation is part of a bipartisan backlash against a technology that has been abused by law enforcement.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NICE.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
DOE announced last week that it was publishing a list of foreign donors to U.S. institutions who had previously been promised confidentiality. Last night, a judge blocked the publication, citing risks of retaliation for donors from repressive regimes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/10/2026
“Right now, the public backlash is so strong against Flock, and the public is not as well aware of the concerns with Axon and some of the other surveillance companies,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @thorbenson.bsky.social for @prospect.org.
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License Plate and Switch - The American Prospect
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
The idea is that, since USPS trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social breaks it down. Watch the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Flock wants to spy on you but doesn't want you to return the favor. www.joemygod.com/2026/09/floc...
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Flock Demands Removal Of Map Of Its 170K Cameras - Joe.My.God.
The Intercept reports: Amid mounting concerns about its sprawling surveillance camera network, Flock Security told the press this summer that it operates more than 120,000 cameras nationwide. But a ne...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/09/2026
Banning Flock and other surveillance companies from tracking our every move isn't a partisan issue. Tell Congress to ban automatic license plate readers at aclu.org/get-flock_out
Two-panel graphic featuring photos of Chad Marlow testifying before Congress with subtitles reading "More than 200 municipalities have terminated their relationships with Flock and other ALPR companies. The question is: Will their Congress join them? The time has come for Congress to prohibit any law enforcement entity who receives federal funding from using ALPRs — without exception."
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/09/2026
No amount of regulation will keep our privacy safe from automatic license plate readers. Congress must ban them — full stop.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A world of always-on cameras and microphones on peoples' bodies is a very serious privacy and security problem for the people wearing them and for everyone around them.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 21/09/2026
Privacy concerns prompt calls to ban smartglasses in Canada
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Privacy concerns prompt calls to ban smartglasses in Canada
Concerns over privacy have led to calls to ban smartglasses in public places in Canada.
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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 18/09/2026
“‘Certain companies have used accessibility and disability rights as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats,’ CDT disability lead @arianaaboulafia.bsky.social told me, ‘and to be clear, the privacy concerns affect disabled people too.’”
motherjones.com
Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/09/2026
Companies have turned just about everything into subscription services that users have to pay for. “They get the subscription and our data,” EFF's @ktrendacosta.bsky.social said. “It's a win-win for them and a lose-lose for us.”
wired.com
People Are Pissed Off and Ready to Own Their Shit
A grassroots live tour by YouTuber Louis Rossmann highlights growing resistance to companies that keep people from controlling their devices.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/09/2026
"Calling it a license plate reader is sort of a misnomer at this point because it collects so much other information," EFF’s @lisafemia.bsky.social told Southwest Florida’s WINK News.
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How advanced license plate readers build a '3D fingerprint' of Southwest Florida drivers
If you’ve driven anywhere in Southwest Florida over the last few years, chances are an automated camera logged your license plate, your vehicle’s color, and the exact time you passed
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/09/2026
“Our right to conversational privacy must include freedom from other people, without our clear opt-in consent, using technology to document what we are saying,” EFF's @adamdschwartz.bsky.social told @pcworld.com.
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Will Siri Recap make the Apple Watch creepy? Privacy experts weigh in
A new Siri AI feature lets newer Apple Watch models quietly listen in and deliver "high-level" summaries of your conversations.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Census will be a battleground for the future of politics and much more, and tech scholar extraordinaire danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social has a new book coming out about it. This will surely be essential reading. I've pre-ordered my copy: www.danah.org/data-are-mad...
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/09/2026
Lindsey Isaacs was falsely arrested and imprisoned after authorities used Flock’s system to pull over the wrong person in a hit-and-run that killed three people. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social spoke to Lindsey and her lawyer about the ordeal. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc_6...
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Keeping Ohioans safe will always be my top priority, and public safety should never come at the expense of our rights. It's become clear that Flock cameras pose serious risks to our privacy and are too easily abused. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09...
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Ohio governor candidates support reining in Flock cameras
Amy Acton and Don Kissick want to prohibit all government use of the AI-powered license plate readers. Vivek Ramaswamy has also expressed concern but offered few specifics.
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WynautWarrior @wynautwarrior.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The only day you can repost this.
Doc Brown from Back to the Future saying, "September 7th? That's this Monday!"
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2026
The governors of Texas and Florida have recently taken steps to curtail the use of license-plate readers. Their moves underscore how the political winds are shifting against Flock Safety and other plate-reading systems that have been embraced by police departments.
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In Red States, Law-and-Order Republicans Turn Against Flock Cameras
The governors of Texas and Florida have taken steps to curtail the use of license-plate readers, even as the police say they help with solving crime.
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Georgia woman files class action suit against Flock Safety An Atlanta-headquartered technology company is facing a sweeping federal class-action lawsuit alleging its nationwide vehicle surveillance network violates the privacy rights of millions of everyday drivers.
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Georgia woman files class action suit against Flock Safety
Lawsuit claims automated database exposes innocent drivers to illegal stalking, tracking.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/09/2026
"The idea that surveillance makes us safer keeps being used as an excuse," EFF’s Rindala Alajaji told BBC, as tech is "used to criminalise people for being bystanders, with stories of innocent people being pulled over and having guns drawn on them because a licence plate reader read a letter wrong.”
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I went looking for surveillance cameras in my neighbourhood: I found so many more than I thought
In the trade-off between privacy and security, it helps to know the extent of your local surveillance infrastructure. There are now easy ways to find out.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 02/09/2026
Alberta court recognizes the tort of “intrusion upon seclusion” in the province, but tweaks it slightly compared to the Ontario version. See BD v Germain, 2026 ABKB 590 canlii.ca/t/kmsj5
The Test for Intrusion upon Seclusion
[42]           In order for a plaintiff to establish the tort of Intrusion upon Seclusion they must prove the following on a balance of probabilities:

a.      The defendant’s conduct was intentional or reckless;

b.      The defendant must have invaded, without lawful jurisdiction, the plaintiff’s private affairs, or concerns; and

c.      A reasonable person, in the position of the plaintiff, would regard the invasion as highly offensive, causing distress, humiliation, and anguish.

[43]           I recognize that the third element of this test is slightly different from the test for Intrusion upon Seclusion in Ontario. In Ontario, the third element of the test is simply that a “reasonable person would regard the invasion...”, rather than a “reasonable person, in the position of the plaintiff, would regard the invasion...” However, like the House of Lords in Campbell v MGN Ltd, [2004] UKHL 22, and this Court in Shillington, I prefer the reasonable person to be considered is the person affected by the publication, rather than the viewer of the publication.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Officers illegally stopped, detained, and arrested a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stop. Then they tracked him for weeks using Flock Safety cameras. reason.com/2026/09/02/w...
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Wisconsin cops used Flock over 100 times to track a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stop
A lawsuit claims the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used the cameras in retaliation against the vet for exercising his First Amendment right.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/09/2026
Two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. This is just the latest proof of the growing tide of public opposition to mass surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Texas and Florida Step Back from ALPRs
Within the last few days, two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. This is just the latest proof of the growing tide of public opposition
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You’re not alarmed enough 🚨
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/08/2026
Automatic license plate readers threaten everyone's privacy — no matter which company's cameras are tracking us.
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They’re not Flock, but SLC’s license plate readers pose civil rights challenges of their own, key group says
Salt Lake City's cameras might not be Flock, but one civil liberties group says the devices raise similar worries of "mass surveillance."
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 30/08/2026
👸🏼 Charlotte B. torched Santa Clarita's city council and used them as a hood ornament for her 1957 Cadillac Eldorado #Flock #GiveHerAShow via @jesscraven101.bsky.social
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/08/2026
Being aware of any potential privacy risks is an important part of the decision to use any software, and that includes AI tools. ssd.eff.org/module/priv...
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Privacy Considerations with AI Tools
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools come in all sorts of flavors. There are notetaking and transcription tools, chatbots, device-wide agentic AI features, grammar and writing tools, translation assistants, AI summaries, and research tools, among others. As a term, “AI” may refer to features in apps, apps themselves, third-party plug-ins, or a...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/08/2026
The surveillance industry is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, but people around the world are pushing back against the mass surveillance that is undermining privacy and free expression for everyone. Go to takebackctrl.org to learn more.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk. A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID to see his identity.
NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk.

A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID.
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Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
California bill on regulating prohibiting apps from undoing users’ privacy choices passed the state legislature this week. Please see Adam Bender's post: www.linkedin.com/posts/adambe...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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