Mastodawn

“The 2025 Formula for Refusal

• Institutional Authority: Council members leveraging "procurement power"—local democracy's most underutilized tool—to say no.

• Community Mobilization: A base that refuses to debate "better policy" and demands "no cameras."

• Shared Intelligence: Local coalitions utilizing shared research on contract timelines and vendor breaches.”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/local-communities-are-winning-against-alpr-surveillance-heres-how-2025-review

#flock #alpr #surveillance

Local Communities Are Winning Against ALPR Surveillance—Here’s How: 2025 in Review

Across ideologically diverse communities, 2025 campaigns against automated license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance kept winning. From Austin, Texas to Cambridge, Massachusetts to Eugene, Oregon, successful campaigns combined three practical elements: a motivated political champion on city council...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

PrivacyDigest 22h ago

Local Communities Are Winning Against #ALPR #Surveillance—Here’s How: 2025 in Review
#privacy #security #flock

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/local-communities-are-winning-against-alpr-surveillance-heres-how-2025-review

Local Communities Are Winning Against ALPR Surveillance—Here’s How: 2025 in Review

Electronic Frontier Foundation

PrivacyDigest 4d ago

Inside #Uzbekistan 's nationwide license plate #surveillance system | TechCrunch

We know this because the country’s sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left #exposed to the internet.

#Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a #password , allowing anyone access to the data within. It’s not clear how long the system has been public
#alpr #privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system/

Exclusive: Inside Uzbekistan's nationwide license plate surveillance system

The Uzbek government's national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password.

TechCrunch

The New Oil 4d ago

Inside #Uzbekistan’s nationwide license plate #surveillance system

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system/

#privacy #ALPR

Exclusive: Inside Uzbekistan's nationwide license plate surveillance system

The Uzbek government's national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password.

TechCrunch

The New Oil 5d ago

#Flock Exposed Its #AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet

https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/

#cybersecurity #ALPR #privacy #surveillance

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.

404 Media

The New Oil 5d ago

The tech firm that helped police find the #Brown shooting suspect has sparked #privacy concerns. Its CEO responds

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/tech/flock-safety-ai-cameras-brown-suspect-privacy

#Flock #ALPR

The tech firm that helped police find the Brown shooting suspect has sparked privacy concerns. Its CEO responds

Flock Safety technology helped Providence Police track down 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente, who police say was responsible for both the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor days later.

CNN

Hacker News 6d ago

Benn Jordan – This Flock Camera Leak Is Like Netflix for Stalkers [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo
#ycombinator #music_production #science #synthesizers #pro_audio #flock #flock_safety #alpr #camera #security #surveillance #ai_camera #police_camera #privacy #rights #leak #hack #breach #stream #password #admin #infosec #opsec #osint #ip_camera #404 #404_media #benn_jordan #the_flashbulb #personal_data #data_privacy #data #open_source

This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers

YouTube

PrivacyDigest 6d ago

Welcome To America's New #Surveillance #HighSchools -Slashdot

#BeverlyHills #HighSchool has deployed an AI-powered surveillance apparatus that includes #facialRecognition cameras, behavioral analysis software, smoke detector-shaped bathroom listening devices from #Motorola , #drones , & license plate readers from #Flock -- a setup the district spent $4.8 million on in 2024-25 fiscal year & considers necessary given the school's high-profile location in LA
#privacy #alpr

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1154232/welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Welcome To America's New Surveillance High Schools - Slashdot

Beverly Hills High School has deployed an AI-powered surveillance apparatus that includes facial recognition cameras, behavioral analysis software, smoke detector-shaped bathroom listening devices from Motorola, drones, and license plate readers from Flock Safety -- a setup the district spent $4.8 m...

Hacker News Dec 21

Flock and Cyble Inc. Weaponize "Cybercrime" Takedowns to Silence Critics
https://haveibeenflocked.com/news/cyble-downtime
#ycombinator #flock_safety #ALPR #license_plate_reader #privacy #police #surveillance #license_plate_search

Have I Been Flocked? - License Plate Privacy Check

Check if your license plate has been searched in the Flock mass surveillance database

Have I Been Flocked?

PrivacyDigest Dec 17

🪪 #AgeVerification Is Coming for the Internet | EFFector 37.18

In this latest issue, we're sharing how to spot sneaky #ALPR cameras at the U.S. #border, covering a host of new resources on #ageVerification laws, and explaining why #AI companies need to protect #chatbot logs from bulk #surveillance.
#privacy #security #biometrics

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-coming-internet-effector-3718

🪪 Age Verification Is Coming for the Internet | EFFector 37.18

The final EFFector of 2025 is here! Just in time to keep you up-to-date on the latests happenings in the fight for privacy and free speech online.In this latest issue, we're sharing how to spot sneaky ALPR cameras at the U.S. border, covering a host of new resources on age verification laws, and...

Electronic Frontier Foundation