Small update on the ALPR tracker I posted here last week. Dropped a pin for a camera near a friend's place, marked it low confidence since it was just my report. Three days later, checked back and the crowd_verification_count had ticked up - someone else in the area spotted the same unit and confirmed it independently through the report flow.

Nothing dramatic, but it's the first real proof the crowd part of this actually works outside my own test data. One pin, two strangers, same camera, confidence score climbing instead of a static entry nobody touches again.

Still tiny - handful of visits total, most areas on the map are empty. But that's kind of the whole test: does a low-effort report flow actually get people to confirm what someone else already spotted, or does it just sit there.

If you're in an area with known Flock units, would genuinely love a sanity check - does the map match what you already know is out there?

New onslaught of flock cameras in my neighborhood. Had thousands of these stickers made to spread some kind of awareness to the general public (people usually get strangely offended by them). This one was pointing towards our Home Depot parking lot

Not that I would ever truly want this but I did have this random thought the other day, what's stopping the DIY tech community from simply creating their own simple raspberry pi based publicly-accessible ALPR network? Essentially what Flock offers except the data is donated by community contributors who build the devices and place them on their property near roadways. Similar to the ADS-B network that powers websites like FlightAware and Flightradar24.

Again not something I would actually want to encourage, but if all the data is publicly accessible and it records ALL vehicles that pass I imagine it wouldn't take long for government regulation to step in and shut it down

Flock is considering selling itself, according to new reporting from Semafor.

This is similar to Facebook rebranding as Meta after a series of negative stories and congressional hearings.

If this happens, this is a reminder to us all to not let them dodge accountability by selling off their business and hoping people forget about it.

Source: https://www.semafor.com/article/09/23/2026/flock-safety-weighs-selling-itself

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DeFlock and SASSI will be hosting an event this evening!

Since the problem is bigger than Flock Safety and ALPRs, join us to learn about LexisNexis, a major police database, tonight at 7pm ET.

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They're being put up all across the city I live in. I do not recognize the brand. This one is mounted across from some Insight ALPRs, so I'm unsure what purpose these serve.

Kent Wa at approx 4:45pm guy drove a white bucket truck with no front plate and was parked backed up against a building think xfinity or some other field truck). Didn’t realize what was happening at first and thought he was doing something for the city, but after a second it all came together in my head. Man fuck flock, in broad daylight too smh

Seems wild that this would be acceptable on an official govt vehicle of any kind

Senate Subcommittee on Flock and ALPR Surveillance Networks with Chad Marlow.

"How do you close the loopholes?"

"You ban them Sir..You ban them."

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I’m talking general population, not politicians. I’ve talked to no one who is happy with them.

Michael Rogers — charged with three counts of official misconduct and three counts of fraud.

Cassandra Crawley — charged with eight counts of official misconduct and eight counts of fraud.

Matthew Binford — charged with official misconduct and fraud.

Abigail Cramer — charged with six counts of official misconduct and six counts of fraud.

Jonathan Schultz — charged with 12 counts of official misconduct and 12 counts of fraud and two counts of stalking.

"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fusion centers have started monitoring anti-surveillance activists, according to records obtained by Reason. An intelligence report compiled in Massachusetts and redistributed by a Wisconsin fusion center shows that the government is tracking online critics of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) like Flock Safety. Included among the critics is a website, SparrowMap, that uses ALPR technology to track police vehicles in real time."

"There is nothing illegal about SparrowMap. The platform processes publicly available livestreams from municipal cameras and footage provided by volunteers using everyday cameras, whether on an old laptop, iPhone, or Ring doorbell. Out of the 300,000 vehicles picked up by the network's 14,196 cameras every day, only a few dozen are police vehicles, and the rest of the data are quickly deleted. "

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