Flock Safety's apology tour is the story today: facing mounting scrutiny over its license plate reader network, the company announced privacy 'improvements' that critics say don't go far enough. Meanwhile local reporting shows the cameras keep multiplying even as the policy debate heats up.
- Metro neighbors concerned with Flock Safety surveillance cameras increasing as company changes policy KSHB 41 Kansas City
Camera counts rising while trust falls is the real story here, not the policy press release.
- Flock Safety, which is facing increasing scrutiny of its car-tracking technology that law enforcement agencies across the U.S. use, announced several updates on Thursday that the company said would improve privacy protections. Critics say the measures leav facebook.com
An apology plus new dials on an unaccountable system isn't reform, it's damage control.
- Flock Safety CEO apologizes for license plate reader misuse, announces policy changes WECT
Saying sorry doesn't undo years of data sharing with agencies that had no business seeing it.
- Angel Reese smacked in the face by Sun's Aaliyah Edwards, has poor shooting night in Dream win Fox News
Not a surveillance story; we're not tracking sports content here.
- Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Scrutiny is finally forcing Flock's hand, but cosmetic fixes won't satisfy communities demanding real oversight.
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