Flock ALPR Cameras

no4mk1t said:
Balloon countermeasures... :ROFLMAO:
You'll create new jobs in the community with your local LE agency.
Balloon Removal Specialist
Instead of a gun, they issue you a hat pin... :ROFLMAO:


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No bueno. 11 states have passed a No Balloon Release ban. These are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia. California also passed a Foil balloon sales ban, which goes into effect after the phase-in period: 2027

The Carolinas and Georgia will probably follow suit.
 
Bongo Lewi said:
No bueno. 11 states have passed a No Balloon Release ban. These are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia. California also passed a Foil balloon sales ban, which goes into effect after the phase-in period: 2027

The Carolinas and Georgia will probably follow suit.
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He's not releasing the balloons. He's clearly holding onto them and even mentions that in the video... No laws against holding balloons and standing on public property.
 
Racer88 said:
He's not releasing the balloons. He's clearly holding onto them and even mentions that in the video... No laws against holding balloons and standing on public property.
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True. But I'll bet his arm gets tired pretty quick. :)

Here's another one for the DIY inclined: microwave. A clever person can fashion a microwave gun that fries electronics. I've seen one take out a small hobby-type drone. You can make one out of parts from a microwave oven.
 
Bongo Lewi said:
True. But I'll bet his arm gets tired pretty quick. :)
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Racer88 said:
Tie it to your belt in back and just stand there.
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Get a "realtor"-style sign that says "OPEN HOUSE!". Attach a number of balloons to the sign at just the right height. Use the local PD as the "address"... :D
 
The movement has reached the point of street artists taking up the cause...

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WWWD (What Would Washington Do) :cool:

Hey, it ain't a cherry tree, but they all fall to sawzall... :ROFLMAO:

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AI expert addresses his city council...

Flock advertises these cameras as "simple license plate readers."
But their own patents tell a different story.
They're **AI-powered surveillance machines** that capture *every* passing vehicle **and person** — analyzing make, model, color, stickers, damage, clothing, height, even estimating race/sex — then transmit it all to a private corporate cloud.
That data becomes instantly queryable by police departments, state agencies, **and federal partners** across the country. No warrant needed. Your daily movements, logged and searchable.
This isn’t crime-fighting tech. It’s a nationwide dragnet built by a private company, sold to your local government, and turned into a mass surveillance network.
Cities are already ripping them down over privacy nightmares. Why? Because once it’s in the cloud, it’s forever — and accessible to way more than just your town cops.



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This is my county, where I live.
These cameras were installed without the knowledge of the County Council.
The Sheriff's Office did it on their own.


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Matthew Durham-Oconee County Council District 2
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The following is my response to Ms. Ballard’s email, which I sent yesterday morning.
Ms. Ballard,

Thank you for reaching out, and thank you for asking. These are the right questions.

On your first question, I will give you a straight answer. There are no recorded meetings in which County Council discussed or approved the use, implementation, or installation of Flock Safety cameras. Council never voted on it. There was no ordinance, no public hearing, and no vote.

In my opinion, that is a problem. A system that reads and logs the movements of every vehicle in this county should not have arrived here without the public ever getting a say. I will be honest with you about something else. Until citizens like you started contacting me several months ago, I did not know what Flock was. The Chairman of your County Council learned about it from the people he represents rather than through any public process. That alone tells you something is wrong with how this came about.

On your second question, regarding the named "customer" on the Flock account, I am not going to guess at an answer I do not have. The cameras were acquired through the Oconee County Sheriff's Office, which is a separately elected constitutional office and which holds the agreement with Flock. That request should be directed to the Sheriff's Office.

I want you to know where I stand. I share your concern, particularly regarding the fact that this data is collected by and stored on a private company's servers and can be reached across a nationwide network by agencies far outside this county, without a warrant. I am currently working with our County Attorney on an ordinance that would address exactly these issues.

When that ordinance comes before Council, there will be a public hearing. I would welcome you being there.
Thank you again for your engagement. It matters.
Matthew Durham
Chairman, Oconee County Council
District 2
 
no4mk1t said:
Two more in Wisconsin.
Looks like we need a Flock Abuse Counter to keep up with the bad apples... 🙄

www.tmj4.com

Two Racine police officers under investigation for alleged Flock camera misuse; DA also reviewing RCSO case

Two Racine officers join a growing list of law enforcement personnel in Racine County facing allegations of misusing the license plate reader system's movement tracking database.
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Well... basically, they can spy on anyone they want. Who knew THAT would be abused or misused??? 😏
 
Do you believe them?
This from a company that has repeatedly been caught lying to get their foot in the door.
And just because they say it doesn't do certain things now, what about a year from now when the software gets an upgrade? Are they going to hold a press conference and reveal that all the things we told you before that it could not do, well now it can?

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A lot of parking garages have cameras. Also scream detectors. The latter have been used for 20 years.
 
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