2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (214+ words) EFF data shows 19 agencies ran protest-linked searches across millions of records before the leaked webinar surfaced The leaked training session reveals capabilities that go well beyond recovering stolen vehicles. “Its platform supports public safety at large events, emergencies, and active…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (224+ words) After an $800,000 ALPR rollout bypassed commission review for six years, Knox County engineers fitted lens covers over 143 Flock Safety cameras Knox County, Tennessee spent roughly $800,000 building a surveillance app-era license plate reader network. Now it’s paying engineers to physically blind…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (294+ words) Apple Watch Series 12 ships ambient listening to 100 million users, reshaping consent norms and pressuring rivals on privacy Remember your last parent-teacher conference? Your doctor rattling off medication instructions. A colleague pitching an idea you half-heard over lunch. Apple’s new Audio…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (247+ words) Facing contract cancellations over misuse scandals, Flock Safety spent $240,000 on party groups and $2M lobbying in 2025 Add $2 million-plus in state and federal lobbying since early 2025, per OpenSecrets, and the picture sharpens fast. It’s a playbook — and Flock isn’t the only one…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (222+ words) Fired Amarillo cop Christian Eder tracked a romantic rival 78 times in five months using city plate-reader and database tools APD’s own audit found not a single legitimate police purpose behind any of Christian Eder’s searches. Here’s what the record shows:…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (301+ words) Audit logs from a single Illinois town show over 1,200 searches tied to loitering, with agencies querying cameras 600 miles away The gap between Flock’s investor narrative and documented police behavior is wide — and the records make it concrete. Here’s what officers…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (365+ words) Flock Safety’s 120,000 cameras scan plates billions of times monthly, yet a contractor called police when one journalist filmed an installation On a public sidewalk, a credentialed TV journalist pointed a camera at a contractor bolting surveillance hardware to a pole…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (304+ words) ACR technology on LG and Samsung sets scans your screen up to 100 times per second — and three steps can stop it Opting out of ACR actually works — but only if you can find where manufacturers hid the toggle. These names…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (231+ words) Vendors market AI cameras as active deterrents, but no law stops property owners from aiming automated warnings at public sidewalks AI deterrence systems don’t act alone — a property owner drew the fence, a vendor sold the voice. How AI deterrence…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (342+ words) Agencies across 14 states scrambled to ban Ray-Ban Meta glasses after detainees used them to document conditions inside federally investigated facilities A July 2025 TikTok video from a South Carolina detention facility set the whole thing in motion. “These agencies surveil the…...