{"id":111164,"date":"2026-08-13T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/flock-is-tightening-its-rules-in-response-to-a-growing-surveillance-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:09:08","slug":"flock-is-tightening-its-rules-in-response-to-a-growing-surveillance-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/it\/flock-is-tightening-its-rules-in-response-to-a-growing-surveillance-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-chronoton-summary=\"&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tightening the rules:&lt;\/strong&gt; Flock, whose cameras form a nationwide police surveillance network, is now requiring officers to enter a criminal case number before searching location data \u2014 a basic safeguard civil liberties groups have long demanded.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Easy to game:&lt;\/strong&gt; Since Flock won't verify case numbers, officers could bypass the new rule just as easily as previous ones \u2014 like when some entered &quot;hehehe&quot; 20 times in response to a prompt asking why they were conducting a search.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A backlash from all sides:&lt;\/strong&gt; At least 30 cities dropped Flock contracts in the past year, with critics ranging from the ACLU to Tucker Carlson, while some states are moving to ban license plate readers altogether.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not enough:&lt;\/strong&gt; The ACLU's Chad Marlow says the changes are too small and that real accountability would require Flock to open its systems to independent researchers \u2014 something the company has so far refused to do.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;\" data-chronoton-post-id=\"1141904\" data-chronoton-expand-collapse=\"1\" data-chronoton-analytics-enabled=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p>The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers\u2019 access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort to quell a growing backlash and win back contracts lost amid concerns about mass surveillance and police abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Several changes aim directly at a problem that has made recent headlines: officers abusing Flock\u2019s technology to stalk and harass current or former romantic partners. Flock\u2019s 120,000 cameras form a nationwide network that police departments can use, giving officers access to an enormous pool of searchable location data. A recent <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2026\/08\/02\/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes\/\">investigation<\/a> found 46 cases in which officers were accused of using Flock\u2019s cameras for unauthorized purposes like stalking.<\/p>\n<p>To combat that, the company will start requiring officers to enter a criminal case number before conducting a search. The system was launched as an option last year but is now required. It\u2019s meant to verify that each search has a legitimate purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a baseline standard that civil liberties groups have asked for, but officers have found ways around similar safeguards. The ACLU recently found that when Flock required officers to enter a reason for a search, some used generic terms like \u201cinvestigation\u201d or mocked the prompt entirely; at one Oregon department, officers entered \u201chehehe\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/flock-safety-keeps-getting-caught-151515268.html\">20 times<\/a>. Because Flock won\u2019t verify case numbers, officers could circumvent the new safeguard just as easily.<\/p>\n<p>But Flock is now expanding an automatic auditing system that is supposed to catch those who try that, the firm announced today. The feature analyzes officer search activity and flags to administrators anyone with suspicious searches. This was also introduced as an option last year but is now mandatory. Flock has not shared specifics on how accurate the automatic auditing tool is, nor opened it up to independent evaluators.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond trying to prevent officer abuse, Flock is making changes meant to address broader backlash about how much data its network collects and who can search it. The company now recommends that agencies hold onto data for seven days rather than 30 (though they can choose to overrule this). Departments can also now limit other departments\u2019 searches of data from their cameras to those made for certain stated reasons; for example, they might allow investigations related to \u201ckidnapping\u201d but not for purposes of \u201cimmigration enforcement.\u201d It\u2019s another safeguard that depends on officers to accurately report why they\u2019re conducting a search.<\/p>\n<p>The changes come as a backlash against Flock has started to come from all angles. Tucker Carlson has said its technology is contributing to a \u201cslave state.\u201d Some cities have reportedly dropped Flock contracts because of such protest, though it\u2019s difficult to estimate how many: In February, NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/17\/nx-s1-5612825\/flock-contracts-canceled-immigration-survillance-concerns\">found<\/a> that at least 30 cities had dropped in the last year, but the activist group DeFlock puts the number higher. Some states or municipalities are passing laws to ban license plate readers altogether, while some that allow them are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/cities-ditching-flock-safety-cameras-172924943.html\">switching<\/a> away from Flock to the other industry leaders, Axon and Motorola. Flock has said these cancellations represent a small number of the 5,000 agencies that have contracted with the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chad Marlow, a senior policy counsel at the ACLU who has become a sort of nemesis to Flock and other companies making automatic license plate readers, says the backlash is driven less by individual abuses\u2014though those don\u2019t help\u2014than by the sheer scale of surveillance that Flock\u2019s cameras enable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn America, you only get to investigate someone if you think they\u2019ve done something wrong,\u201d Marlow says. As license plate readers grow more ubiquitous, officers have increasing latitude to investigate people without first establishing suspicion of a crime, since searching the troves of data the readers collect does not require a warrant. He adds, \u201cIs it worth it to catch a certain number of criminals, return a certain number of stolen cars, to eviscerate Americans\u2019 privacy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flock CEO Garrett Langley traces the backlash to a different issue. \u201cIf you look at the main reason we\u2019ve lost customers, it\u2019s misinformation,\u201d Langley told <em>MIT Technology Review<\/em>. He says people mistakenly believe Flock does facial recognition or sells the data it collects to commercial buyers. (The misinformation charge cuts both ways, however; the ACLU and other critics have published accounts of the company repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/privacy-technology\/tracking-alpr-cameras\/flock-safety-credibility-lost-as-it-repeatedly-lies-to-city-councils-police-departments-and-public-across-the-country\">lying<\/a> to city councils and other decision-makers about what its technology can do.)<\/p>\n<p>Though the company has taken steps in response to public concerns, \u201cour change in stance is more of one from building things that are optional,\u201d Langley says, to \u201cbuilding more confidence that as a technology company we have a responsibility to enforce guardrails, not provide optionality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flock\u2019s new rules are undeniably small and incremental compared with what the ACLU has advocated. Marlow is broadly supportive of them but notes that judging whether they reduce abuse would require the company to open its systems to independent researchers for the first time rather than citing internal studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, though, he says the backlash is putting the company at a crossroads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlock has come to the table because this incredible, unprecedented nationwide uprising against their company has scared them,\u201d Marlow says. \u201cBut at the same time, they are just absolutely unwilling to make the actual changes they need to make in order to legitimately respond to these concerns. So this is the best that the company is willing to do.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers\u2019 access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort to quell a growing backlash and win back contracts lost amid concerns about mass surveillance and police abuse. Several changes aim directly at a problem that has made recent headlines: officers abusing Flock\u2019s technology to stalk and harass current or former romantic partners. Flock\u2019s 120,000 cameras form a nationwide network that police departments can use, giving officers access to an enormous pool of searchable location data. A recent Washington Post investigation found 46 cases in which officers were accused of using Flock\u2019s cameras for unauthorized purposes like stalking. To combat that, the company will start requiring officers to enter a criminal case number before conducting a search. The system was launched as an option last year but is now required. It\u2019s meant to verify that each search has a legitimate purpose.\u00a0 This is a baseline standard that civil liberties groups have asked for, but officers have found ways around similar safeguards. The ACLU recently found that when Flock required officers to enter a reason for a search, some used generic terms like \u201cinvestigation\u201d or mocked the prompt entirely; at one Oregon department, officers entered \u201chehehe\u201d 20 times. Because Flock won\u2019t verify case numbers, officers could circumvent the new safeguard just as easily. But Flock is now expanding an automatic auditing system that is supposed to catch those who try that, the firm announced today. The feature analyzes officer search activity and flags to administrators anyone with suspicious searches. This was also introduced as an option last year but is now mandatory. Flock has not shared specifics on how accurate the automatic auditing tool is, nor opened it up to independent evaluators. Beyond trying to prevent officer abuse, Flock is making changes meant to address broader backlash about how much data its network collects and who can search it. The company now recommends that agencies hold onto data for seven days rather than 30 (though they can choose to overrule this). Departments can also now limit other departments\u2019 searches of data from their cameras to those made for certain stated reasons; for example, they might allow investigations related to \u201ckidnapping\u201d but not for purposes of \u201cimmigration enforcement.\u201d It\u2019s another safeguard that depends on officers to accurately report why they\u2019re conducting a search. The changes come as a backlash against Flock has started to come from all angles. Tucker Carlson has said its technology is contributing to a \u201cslave state.\u201d Some cities have reportedly dropped Flock contracts because of such protest, though it\u2019s difficult to estimate how many: In February, NPR found that at least 30 cities had dropped in the last year, but the activist group DeFlock puts the number higher. Some states or municipalities are passing laws to ban license plate readers altogether, while some that allow them are switching away from Flock to the other industry leaders, Axon and Motorola. Flock has said these cancellations represent a small number of the 5,000 agencies that have contracted with the company.\u00a0 Chad Marlow, a senior policy counsel at the ACLU who has become a sort of nemesis to Flock and other companies making automatic license plate readers, says the backlash is driven less by individual abuses\u2014though those don\u2019t help\u2014than by the sheer scale of surveillance that Flock\u2019s cameras enable. \u201cIn America, you only get to investigate someone if you think they\u2019ve done something wrong,\u201d Marlow says. As license plate readers grow more ubiquitous, officers have increasing latitude to investigate people without first establishing suspicion of a crime, since searching the troves of data the readers collect does not require a warrant. He adds, \u201cIs it worth it to catch a certain number of criminals, return a certain number of stolen cars, to eviscerate Americans\u2019 privacy?\u201d Flock CEO Garrett Langley traces the backlash to a different issue. \u201cIf you look at the main reason we\u2019ve lost customers, it\u2019s misinformation,\u201d Langley told MIT Technology Review. He says people mistakenly believe Flock does facial recognition or sells the data it collects to commercial buyers. (The misinformation charge cuts both ways, however; the ACLU and other critics have published accounts of the company repeatedly lying to city councils and other decision-makers about what its technology can do.) Though the company has taken steps in response to public concerns, \u201cour change in stance is more of one from building things that are optional,\u201d Langley says, to \u201cbuilding more confidence that as a technology company we have a responsibility to enforce guardrails, not provide optionality.\u201d Flock\u2019s new rules are undeniably small and incremental compared with what the ACLU has advocated. Marlow is broadly supportive of them but notes that judging whether they reduce abuse would require the company to open its systems to independent researchers for the first time rather than citing internal studies.\u00a0 More broadly, though, he says the backlash is putting the company at a crossroads. \u201cFlock has come to the table because this incredible, unprecedented nationwide uprising against their company has scared them,\u201d Marlow says. \u201cBut at the same time, they are just absolutely unwilling to make the actual changes they need to make in order to legitimately respond to these concerns. So this is the best that the company is willing to do.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-club","category-committee","category-news","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - 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