San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That, or they got too much deferential attention so they never learned to cope with adversity or rejection. 000
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This was only a matter of time. In a very real way, the net effect of networked license plate readers is more like putting a GPS device on a car than it is like driving past individual security cameras. And if police wanted to track you over time w/ GPS device or your phone---they'd need a warrant. 1322110
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Notably, the council is also set to vote on approving an amendment to the contract with Axon for $1.15 mil. This would bring the cumulative total with Axon to $8.5 mil. #alpr #sanmateo #surveillance 000
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutSan Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026San Mateo! Next Monday, October 5th, ALPRs are on the city council agenda. This is an opportunity for us to comment directly to the council on the city's use of surveillance networks in our city - please plan to submit public comment. Details to follow: #alprs #sanmateo #surveillance 103
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled for the first time that a Flock search was unconstitutional and violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights. Oklahoma cop pulled over a woman and searched her in Flock "because he saw her license plate was from California" www.404media.co/federal-judg...404media.coFederal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and UnconstitutionalFlock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote. 141522487
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026VICTORY: A lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration's social media surveillance program will move forward. eff.org/press/relea...eff.orgVictory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social MediaNEW YORK — A lawsuit filed by three labor unions against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of protected expression online can move 014558
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the goalposts for being an effective or "efficient" person just change with tech advances so there's nothing AI is going to be able to do that is going to be like: wow, now that the robot does my tasks i have infinite time to sit by the pool 428027
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley are introducing the Ban Flock Act. This bill would effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans. /1 151643357
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113234109
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026“Despite what Flock and other surveillance tech vendors would have you believe, more surveillance does not necessarily equal safer communities.”wbur.orgFlock is just one part of the new surveillance state"Flock and other companies are building an omnipresent digital dragnet without democratic consent, enabling law enforcement to track people across the country with the click of a mouse," writes Gideon... 25621
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutDeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Florida cops are facing questions after a mandate to remove all #Flock cameras tracking cars on St. Lucie County roads led local police to uncover more than a dozen suspicious cameras operating without permits. Of the 14 cameras found, 11 had no obvious owners" 🤯 #deflock #surveillance #alprarstechnica.comFlorida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock camerasFloridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner. 175
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you live in San Mateo, tell council you want the City to end its surveillance of innocent people by submitting public comment at the October 5th city council meeting at 7PM. Prepare a brief statement (1-2 minutes) and attend in person or via Zoom. Thank you! #alprs #sanmateo #surveillancecityofsanmateo.orgAgendas & Minutes Public Meeting Portal | San Mateo, CA - Official WebsiteThe City of San Mateo's Public Meeting Portal provides access to the agendas, reports, minutes and videos of the City Council. 000
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The 7PM meeting raises the City's draft response to the Civil Grand Jury findings that audits of the system were improper/inadequate (item 11). The letter responds to the Jury's findings but does not address privacy and constitutional concerns raised by constituents. #alprs #sanmateo #surveillancesanmateo.primegov.comMeeting 100
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A real-time information center pulls multiple surveillance systems together into one platform. This includes cameras, drones, ALPRs, and body cameras, and may also include private cameras shared with police. This is a massive step up from just one surveillance mode. #alprs #sanmateo #surveillance 100
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There is a special meeting at 6PM during which the PD will present an overview of the Real Time Information Center. Per the City webpage the RTIC is a centralized hub that provides "real-time intelligence and camera monitoring." The PD presentation is likely to be skewed to present success stories.sanmateo.primegov.comMeeting 100
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026San Mateo! Next Monday, October 5th, ALPRs are on the city council agenda. This is an opportunity for us to comment directly to the council on the city's use of surveillance networks in our city - please plan to submit public comment. Details to follow: #alprs #sanmateo #surveillance 103
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutThe Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 01/10/2026San Jose and San Mateo County are leading a regional push, leveraging local authority to block new detention facilities.mercurynews.comAs ICE fears rise, San Jose expands detention facility freeze to public land 015
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutIndybay @indybay.org · 01/10/2026Nurses March to Demand that Palantir Stop Targeting their Patientsindybay.orgNurses March to Demand that Palantir Stop Targeting their PatientsOver 1000 march behind banner: “Palantir Tracks – Ice Attacks” in Global Week of Action 05013
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutDeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#ALPR abuse in #Cheektowaga! "the three dispatchers allegedly used the #Flock automated license plate reader system to search for another employee’s plate over a period of months without the employee’s knowledge" Steps have been taken to "tighten policies." 🙄 NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock #surveillancewivb.com3 Cheektowaga dispatchers suspended over Flock misuseBUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three public safety dispatchers with Cheektowaga police have been suspended after misusing the Flock system, according to the Cheektowaga Police Department. Police said… 065
Reposted by San Mateo Flock Out404 Media @404media.co · 01/10/2026Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.404media.coCops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video ClaimsMagent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. 11153106
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutKentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 30/09/2026A weekend incident in which a Flock camera search led Lexington police to surround the wrong home has sparked widespread online criticism of the city’s use of the surveillance technology.weku.orgFlock search that led Lexington police to surround wrong home intensifies debate over the techResident Will Penn posted doorbell camera footage to Facebook after the incident. It's since been shared thousands of times. 24622
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutCar Lite San Mateo @carlitesanmateo.com · 30/09/2026The first protected intersection I know of in San Mateo is out to bid this morning! It connects to unprotected lanes and sharrows for now, but it's a good step. The intersection has a stop sign today, so it's promising to see the city use a signal upgrade project to add quality bike infrastructure. 041
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The *constant* need to defend our privacy from these goons has me spitting mad. From the article: "USPS will partner with Next Base, a dashcam company, for the pilot. At the moment, the cameras will be used in the Washington, DC area, and will be installed on [100] vehicles." 001
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People who generically trust the police to act honorably are under the illusion they won't be targeted because they've done nothing wrong. The rest of us know better. The introduction of powerful surveillance tools super-charges everything that is wrong with policing in this country. 000
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A friend recently asked me, somewhat incredulously, what my problem is with ALPRs. My answer: it makes me guilty before I've even come under suspicion of having committed a crime. Police should not have access to tools that exacerbate existing tendencies to abuse their power. 100
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Limiting surveillance data retention to 30 days is still surveillance. 30 days is still too long for innocent people to be at risk of scrutiny by the police without having committed any crime. 001
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutCaltrain @caltrain.com · 30/09/2026Good morning! We know National Coffee Day was yesterday but we wanted to celebrate with you today to close out Transit Month.🥹 We will be at 4th and King, San Mateo, and Palo Alto stations this morning thanking our riders with stickers and coffee. While supplies last.♥️ 091
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Sorry, your [job/benefits/etc] application is declined because your [disease/neurotype/etc] makes you ineligible to live." 12616
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutNACDL @nacdl.org · 29/09/2026VIDIZMO advertises tools that name people on live camera feeds, match faces to watchlists, and flag "behavior." Its CEO says the Flock integration is not built yet. He also says the company "would love to do the integration." 132
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutNACDL @nacdl.org · 29/09/2026This is the lesson of the ALPR debate. A vendor's promise is not a safeguard. Once a mass surveillance network exists, other companies build on top of it. Only law and judicial oversight set real limits. 132
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Also: "racial and gender analysis" - do these people even hear themselves? 001
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We really do not want police to have tech that performs "behavior prediction." 111
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds." What could go wrong? 110
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Earlier this evening a federal jury struck down a brazenly unconstitutional traffic stop scheme "that turned mass surveillance of American drivers into a pipeline of pretextual traffic stops and unconstitutional searches." ij.org/press-releas... 514256
Reposted by San Mateo Flock Outrom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026I think ironically, and perhaps a tad optimistically, we are going to go back to seeking out knowledge and experience from our communities and our elders because the internet as it is now has made it near impossible to find real info. 27217
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026It ALMOST feels like we’re just starting to reach the normies with “the federal government and Silicon Valley have joined forces to spy on every aspect of your life and it’s called Palantir” and it’s either going to be the turning point for radical privacy or cripple the concept forever. 3552117
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutDeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How often does #Flock get it wrong and what happens when police trust bad data? "BI found that errors and failures to verify its alerts have put innocent people in harm's way. We identified drivers who'd been stopped, injured, or jailed after Flock leads went wrong." #deflock #surveillance #alpryoutu.beMisuse Of Flock's Cameras Is Sending Innocent People To Jail | DispatchYouTube video by Business Insider 1107
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am so grateful to the nearly *450* of you who have signed my petition calling on the city to take down city ALPRs - we can make a substantial impact by also showing up to meetings so the council can't ignore our numbers. Let's go! #alprs #sanmateo 000
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026San Mateo! ALPRs are on the city council agenda for October 5th - one week from today! Please plan to attend this meeting to submit public comment on this item. It's really important that the council see the faces of those of us impacted by their decisions. #alprs #sanmateo 111
Reposted by San Mateo Flock Outs. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 27/09/2026This industry prides itself on denying consent EVERYWHERE YOU GO and these are people influencing policy and culture, creating the architecture of the technologies we all use. This is not a do first, ask for permissions later culture, it's a do because they think they don't need permissions ever. 112730
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutMike Katz-Lacabe @mlacabe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An innocent man spent 30 days in jail because of an AI-powered license plate reader. This will keep happening if we don't put a stop to the mass surveillance enabled by Flock, Axon, and other vendors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZTR...youtube.comWrongful arrest sparks Flock camera questionsYouTube video by 11Alive 166
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026I’m not saying you should read this—it’s not very good. However, I just thought this section head in particular deserved widespread ridicule. www.vox.com/politics/504... 923028
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Number of times the word “Black” appears in this article: 0 Number of times the word “immigrant” appears in this article: 0 Number of times the word “abortion” appears in this article: 0 012411
San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Starting to view this trend toward getting people to want computers to live our lives for us as some kind of parallel to the evangelical yearning for the rapture 000
Reposted by San Mateo Flock Outdissent.digital @dissent.digital · 27/09/2026Flock is offering buyouts as cities ditch its controversial license plate readers. #flockwired.comFlock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers FleeAs dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned. 011
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 27/09/2026Many of you are privileged not to come from a time when queer communities were the first to be thrown under the bus when something bad happened. Hell, this is happening today. Who do you think is going to be the first people thrown under the bus when a pervert uses this tech for really bad shit? 1507
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 27/09/2026queer people already find it hard to do just the basic thing, like go to a public toilet, without being called a pervert or pedo or something disgusting. This has been happening for many years but is worse now. Imagine how amplified that will get when a queer person gets accused of using this tech 1467
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52530662
Reposted by San Mateo Flock OutCar Lite San Mateo @carlitesanmateo.com · 26/09/2026This is one of the paths that enables me to efficiently walk from my neighborhood to the local post office. I really wish pedestrian connectivity was a higher priority around here. Every few months these get “fixed” by the property owner and then it gets re-fixed to look like this. 122