Senators Push for Answers on ICE's #Surveillance Shopping Spree

letter touches on many of the surveillance tech & companies that 404 has been writing about in recent months, including #Flock license plate readers, Penlink #socialMedia & location data monitoring, #Clearview AI’s #facialRecognition tech, #Paragon Solutions’ phone #hacking tech, as well as other social media scanning & #biometric collection DBs used by DHS in #Trump #immigration crackdown.
#privacy #alpr

https://www.404media.co/senators-push-for-answers-on-ices-surveillance-shopping-spree/

Emergency Town Hall. #ICE, #Palantir, #Flock & the data center invasion. How to resist AI surveillance, targeting, and incarceration through policy, direct action & community. Ross Cherry Creek Library Basement Feb 1st, 2 p.m. #DataCenter

Join #Denver Against Machines and former Colorado state rep and local organizer Tim Hernandez for a town hall on AI legislation and what people in Denver can do to confront the #surveillance threat of #ICE, #Palantir, #Flock, and data centers in #Colorado.

New from me: There Is No Pre-crime Division :ms_robot_sad:

An open letter to Darren Jones MP, on moving fast and fixing things.

https://martinh.net/hacks/no-precrime-division/

#ai #genAI #LLMs #PreCrime #Hallucinations #Ring #Flock #Palantir #Privacy #DataProtection

Benn Jordan’s flock blocker

https://youtu.be/Pp9MwZkHiMQ

#flock #ACAB

You would probably get pulled over for this, but I like it. There’s a guy in FL who makes an overlay with random shapes on it that doesn’t obscure the plate but that confuse the #flock cameras. I want some.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CkU7wRvuOoA

A federal judge in #Virginia ruled Tuesday that the City of Norfolk’s use of nearly 200 automated #licenseplate readers (#ALPR) from #Flock is constitutional and can continue, dismissing the entire case just days before a bench trial was set to begin.
Two Virginians had claimed that their rights were violated when the Flock network of cameras captured their cars hundreds of times, calling the entire setup a “dragnet #surveillance program.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/angry-norfolk-residents-lose-lawsuit-to-stop-flock-license-plate-scanners/
#privacy #4thAmendement

According to deflock there are only two flock cameras in my city. They face Lowes...

#flock

Angry #Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop #Flock license plate scanners

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/angry-norfolk-residents-lose-lawsuit-to-stop-flock-license-plate-scanners/

#privacy #surveillance #ALPR

Angry #Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop #Flock license plate scanners

A federal judge in #Virginia ruled Tuesday that the City of Norfolk’s use of nearly 200 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) from Flock is #constitutional and can continue, dismissing the entire case just days before a bench trial was set to begin.
#alpr #privacy #surveillance

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/angry-norfolk-residents-lose-lawsuit-to-stop-flock-license-plate-scanners/

Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners https://arstechni.ca/kQAY #surveillance #Virginia #cameras #norfolk #Policy #Flock! #alpr

#Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use #Flock

Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock #surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request.
#privacy #flocksafety #foia

https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/

404 Media: Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM

The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.

https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/

#flock #privacy #policing #surveillance #bigbrother

How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/27/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice/

Saw a post on reddit about someone watching this box get installed on a power pole in their town. One commenter explained this is a PTZ camera and they are being installed all over the country. The high voltage sticker is over glass with the camera behind it. I confirmed this and have seen several myself now. Many are open to the public with no passwords. Several I saw are pointed at apartment complexes or similar but many are pointed at specific houses. The zoom capability allows you to see right into peoples windows. I'm guessing no warrant, and being that its high up on a telephone pole, the expectation of privacy doesnt fit if you can't see from the street. Pretty disturbing that they exist, even more so that these fools are leaving them open to the internet for anyone to access. At least #flock dont disguise their cams but that will probably change as these are similar to flocks condor cams.

Local PD? #ice ?

#privacy #ptz #spycams #4thamendment

Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock

The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.

https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #ethics #corruption #police #flock #security #privacy

Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/

Hey #houston, #texas, your #police department is #fascist.

Also what is a "self-styled privacy advocate?"

#flock

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26489207-flock-officer-safety-situational-awareness-bulletin-houston-hidta-december-2025-redacted/

Against Machines is back this Wednesday 1/28 6-8pm at Comrade Brewing to kick off a month packed with direct action, creative resistance, and community building against the threat of #AI #surveillance Come learn about the many ways YOU can make a difference and fight for #Colorado and against #Palantir, #Flock, and #ICE this coming February.... and learn how labor strikes and AI legislation could help us pave a path forward.

#GeneralStrike