Flock Surveillance Backlash Mounts as Fiendish Halloween Plans Circulate
Online posts urging Halloween vandalism of Flock cameras have surged, with more than 36,500 mentions in two days as abuse reports fuel backlash.
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Lowe’s Home Improvement gets shunned in home state over contract with notorious surveillance vendor, Flock
Wilmington, NC — As a part of the national NoALPRs week of action, protesters gathered today outside of the Lowe’s in Wilmington, NC to call out the company’s use of Flock license plate surveillance technology in parking lots. The action in the home state of Lowe’s Corporate HQ (in Mooresville, NC) highlights how public attitudes […]
Flock surveillance backlash mounts as fiendish Halloween plans circulate
Surveillance tech company Flock has struggled with its public image for years, but the problem has become particularly acute in recent weeks. Its network of ALPRs has long attracted criticism over mass surveillance and the retention of location data belonging to motorists who are not suspected of any offense. Days after its CEO apologized for documented abuses of the company's system, The Register contacted the company's usually responsive media…
License plate scanners from Flock Safety are supposed to solve crimes in the USA. However, high error rates and abuse of office fuel the criticism of data protectors. On Halloween the surveillance cameras are now threatened with a large-scale sabotage. (Continue reading)
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