Civil liberties groups and digital rights advocates have long warned that Flock’s surveillance network, which relies on the broad collection and sharing of location data, poses a threat to individual privacy. If anything, the recent publicity over its burgeoning drone business will only intensify scrutiny of a vendor already under fire.

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Hopkinton town officials have asked the company to deactivate the Flock cameras as soon as possible and remove them.

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.

One man spent a night in an Arizona jail after backing his truck into a Flock camera. In Minneapolis, another has gone viral for videos of himself dismantling the equipment with bolt cutters. Both are part of a growing wave of activist vandalism targeting the traffic surveillance technology.

Flock, the license plate-reading company, is developing its drone business. CEO Garrett Langley says drones could help police and citizens stay safe.

Access to the Flock cameras have been restricted to supervisory personnel holding the rank of lieutenant or higher following the audit's result, Lynn police said. The post More Mass. police officers placed on leave over alleged Flock misuse appeared first on Boston.

AUBURN, N.Y. (WSYR) — Auburn has decided to follow in the City of Syracuse’s footsteps by ending a contract with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company. The vote by the Auburn City Council was unanimous.