Flock Safety License Plate Reader Camera Backlash and Vandalism
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Flock Safety’s automatic license plate reader cameras are sparking nationwide backlash and vandalism, with Philip DeFranco calling them a worsening surveillance problem and criticizing the CEO’s rhetoric, while SomeOrdinaryGamers decries their creepy mass‑surveillance nature and insufficient privacy updates, as protests, contract cancellations, and vandalism spread across more than 90 municipalities.
The coverage — 2 videos
The Flock Cameras Problem Is Getting Worse
The video covers escalating vandalism and public backlash against Flock Safety's license plate reader cameras, including a Minneapolis activist's camera takedowns and a 77-year-old Florida protester, while criticizing CEO Garrett Langley for labeling the D-Flock site 'terroristic' amid 55 locality contract cancellations.
Huge Wins Against The Flock Cameras…
The creator reacts to over 90 municipalities cutting Flock camera contracts and Flock's 7-day retention default plus evidence mode, arguing these privacy updates are insufficient and that even perfect accuracy doesn't justify the mass surveillance, citing the Witchita Police Department's Lieutenant Victor Hire.