License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

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3. Thanks, erronis. This piece from Techdirt might interest you. Scroll halfway & see charts & stuff about FlockOS.

It includes names of other companies like FlockOS. They're all having a market battle over law enforcement contracts right now, as the fascist administration wants to consolidate control of all Americans comms and whereabouts, as these companies keep feeding AI for eventual governmental access.

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/28/beware-the-bundle-companies-are-banking-on-becoming-your-police-departments-favorite-public-safety-technology-vendor/

At the end of the day, public safety vendors are tech companies, and their representatives are salespeople using all the tricks from the marketing playbook. But these companies aren’t just after public money—they also want data. ...

The landscape of the police tech industry is changing, and companies that once specialized in a single technology (such as hardware products like automated license plate readers (ALPRs) or gunshot detection sensors) have developed new capabilities or bought up other tech companies and law enforcement data brokers—all in service of becoming the corporate giant that serves as a one-stop shop for police surveillance needs...