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DeFlock

https://deflock.org/
Last activity: 31.08.2026
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DeFlock is an open-source project that maps license plate readers across the US.
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Aug 30, 2026$1 is all it took for Texas to litter the state with Flock surveillance cameras from drivers’ pocketsTexas may already have around 13,000 Flock surveillance cameras watching its roads, according to crowdsourced estimates from DeFlock. What is more surprising is how many of them were apparently paid for by Texans themselves. A Texas Tribune...
Aug 29, 2026Tech backlash reaches fever pitch as AI angst collides with social media fearsMore than half of Americans say they’re more concerned than excited about the growing use of AI in daily life, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center. That’s one reason data center construction is becoming a major issue f...
Aug 13, 2026Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader networkGetting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SARAH RANKIN and CLAUDIA LAUER RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates and ...
Aug 4, 2026Flock Safety Coaches Police to ‘Own the Narrative’ Before Citizens Can SpeakBy Roger Satterfield Published: Aug 04 2026, 9:11 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jul 9, 2026Boulder should halt use of Flock – and all other automatic license plate readers (Opinion)Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Brian C. Keegan, Jed Brown and Andrew Brandt The City of Boulder will choose a new vendor in the coming weeks to run the city’s automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). The city’s deployment of ...
Apr 5, 2026Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms (Opinion)Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Jess Reia For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities...
Feb 10, 2026Pushback against Flock cameras comes to Denver suburb — the latest Colorado city to enter debateGetting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are just 16 Flock Safety cameras in Thornton. But those electronic eyes, mounted to poles at intersections throughout this city of nearly 150,000, brought out dozens of people to the Thornton...

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What has the press written about DeFlock?

Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning DeFlock, among them “$1 is all it took for Texas to litter the state with Flock surveillance cameras from drivers’ pockets” (Aug 30, 2026) and “Tech backlash reaches fever pitch as AI angst collides with social media fears” (Aug 29, 2026).

Is DeFlock still active?

Yes, DeFlock is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 31, 2026.