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How Cops Are Using Flock's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. In some cases, law enforcement specifically targeted…
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Security & PrivacySociety, Policy & Culture2025
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | How Cops Are Using Flock's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists by pseudalopex | 217 | 87 |
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Linked from 6 Hacker News comments by 6 different people, from Nov 2025 to May 2026.
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- emptybits · May 29, 2026
- torpfactory · May 28, 2026
- kennywinker · Apr 8, 2026
- 0xbadcafebee · Mar 5, 2026
- Noaidi · Dec 12, 2025
- cmdoptesc · Nov 30, 2025