In the UK as a cyclist you may see odd little boxes appearing on posts around and about.

As a driver you are of course too focused on driving safely to see these paperback sized boxes about 2m off the ground. They’re designed to be unobtrusive and insignificant.

I have seen them pop up all over the place, unremarked, invasive, nothing announced about who owns them, where the data is held, who has access to it and so on.

These are speed cameras. Ostensibly for use by community speed watch groups but yours for £800 quid and you need no prior permissions to use them on private land, just highways approval for public roads. The data is accessible via a web portal and can be shared with community members.

They log your number plate and the time. Apparently they’re only going to record someone who breaks the speed limit, but you can set that limit via the interface. Think of the alternative uses of a device that can monitor number plates.

And of course the data will be provided to the police on request I’m sure.

The surveillance state grows quietly and at the behest of those who think they’re doing the right thing. Ring doorbell cameras, CCTV, and now these.

https://store.autospeedwatch.org/

#privacy #surveillance #flockcameras

How ICE’s Surveillance System Works

https://youtu.be/aRUhgrqnpGY?si=i4Ee649WKLLzDt8k

#ICE #Surveillance #SurveillanceCameras #Flock #FlockCameras #FacialRecognition #Privacy

TechSpot: A number of US cities are pulling the plug on Flock Safety’s AI cameras. “A growing number of US cities are ending contracts with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company whose AI-powered camera systems have rapidly proliferated across the country. Originally promoted as a public safety tool, the company’s technology is now at the center of a broader national debate over the use of […]

I'm pretty sure the "staging" environment is usually non-public, but I guess good enough to hand to an HOA. Seems unprofessional, but maybe not a huge deal.

And hey, look at #WebFlow getting those panopticon bucks.

#Flock #FlockCameras #SoftwareDevelopment

"EVERETT, Wash. — The City of Everett has shut down its entire network of Flock license plate reader cameras after a Snohomish County judge ruled the footage those cameras collect qualifies as a public record."

#FlockCameras #DeFlock #Everett #Washington #ICENews #ICE
https://search.app/fAa8X

It looks like our neighborhood has added #surveillance cameras/license plate readers. 😠 Not #Flock, though.

We're such a shithole red state that we can't even get name-brand surveillance capitalism!

#surveillancecapitalism #privacy #bullshit #flockCameras #flockSecurity

"Hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks."

#flock #flockcameras #surveillance

Flock cameras gifted by Horowitz Foundation, avoiding public oversight

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/vegas-police-are-big-users-of-license-plate-readers-public-has-little-input-because-its-a-gift

#HackerNews #FlockCameras #HorowitzFoundation #PublicOversight #PrivacyConcerns #PoliceTechnology

Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/23/americans-are-destroying-flock-surveillance-cameras/

#usa #surveillance #flockcameras