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Get Flock Out of Indiana
54+ min ago (339+ words) Flock Safety and other ALPR companies are turning Indiana communities into surveillance networks, tracking where people drive without a warrant and with little transparency or oversight. Learn how these cameras threaten privacy, civil liberties, and public safety, and how Hoosiers…...
Greenville Police Department to deploy Flock cameras
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (541+ words) The Greenville Police Department announced Thursday it would deploy 10 Flock cameras like the one above along major thoroughfares entering and exiting the city. The Greenville Police Department announced Thursday it will deploy 10 Flock cameras that read license plates and record…...
The state can read your mind, we must act now to stop it
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (1755+ words) In 2025, the UK's Technology Secretary was forced to hand over his conversations with Chat GPT. Most of us would feel unease at giving up our search histories, our notes, our late-night messages'yet the law treats all of it as data…...
Civil Air Patrol Joins the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (738+ words) Donor & Partner Impact With its new organizational membership with the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), Civil Air Patrol is strengthening its growing role within the national geospatial information, intelligence, remote sensing, and GIS community. "Civil Air Patrol's membership in…...
Flock off! Public backlash explodes against mass surveillance cameras
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (1240+ words) Company execs boast 'endless, endless uses' for the spy equipment A new public safety battle is brewing in America that centers on AI-powered cameras discreetly installed on thousands of street corners, parks, parking lots, neighborhoods and drones buzzing overhead. Many…...
Facial Recognition Technology Has Come to India But a Law to Regulate It Has Not
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (513+ words) There is no law which specifically regulates FRT in India and, arguably, its deployment in public spaces may serve a legitimate state aim " providing security to the public " yet a key question remains: Do alternative, less restrictive means exist to…...
Flock cameras appear in Trinidad-area corridors
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (480+ words) Debate swirls over surveillance, safety, and intent LAS ANIMAS " A series of newly installed roadside cameras along major highways in Las Animas County has sparked a growing public debate over what the devices are, who authorized them, and whether they…...
ICE's Face-Scanning Reach Has Widened Well Beyond the Border, Privacy Coalition Warns
8+ hour, 53+ min ago (622+ words) inkl ICE's Face-Scanning Reach Has Widened Well Beyond the Border, Privacy Coalition Warns Three advocacy groups argue that federal immigration authorities now lean on biometric identification as the connective tissue of a much larger surveillance system " one that increasingly touches…...
AI assistant Bobbi transforms police contact with public
13+ hour, 1+ min ago (428+ words) An AI-powered virtual assistant is helping to transform police contact with the public. The technology, named Bobbi, was launched in November 2025 by Thames Valley Police and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary. Bobbi is a 24/7 digital assistant that supports non-emergency public…...
Fargo Police launch Flock Camera online portal
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (268+ words) FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) " The use of Automated License Plate Reader " or ALPR " technology has been a contentious issue in some locations as of late, with advocacy groups in states like Minnesota calling for tighter regulations on what data can be…...