Tell Flock Safety: Stop Giving Stalkers a Tracking Tool

Flock Safety sells mass surveillance with little oversight. So it's no surprise that a new investigation found that former officers and other unauthorized users kept access to its powerful tracking network—with stalking allegations among the cases.

An October 21 Washington Post investigation exposed at least 11 incidents of unauthorized access to Flock’s license-plate camera network. In four cases, officers kept using their accounts after leaving their jobs or while suspended. Other cases involved shared credentials.

One former Georgia investigator allegedly used Flock to track his wife’s vehicle after leaving the force. He now faces stalking-related charges. A company that profits from recording people’s movements must answer when its network becomes a tool for abuse.

Tell Flock Safety: Shut down unauthorized access and stop putting people at risk through your surveillance network.

Flock’s roadside cameras collect license plates, locations, and times from passing vehicles, including those of people suspected of no wrongdoing. Those records can reveal patterns in someone’s daily life. The company’s expanding reach makes every access failure more dangerous.

Imagine changing your routine to escape an abusive ex—while that person searches for your car through a police surveillance system. People should not have to sacrifice their privacy and safety to Flock’s surveillance business.

Congress should rein in Flock’s sprawling surveillance network. But people at risk of stalking should not have to wait for lawmakers to act. Flock must tighten access, limit data collection, and submit to independent scrutiny now. Police departments must revoke unauthorized access, and Flock must take responsibility for the dangers its business creates.

CEO Garrett Langley must order a network-wide account review and disable unverified access. Reported departures, suspensions, and revoked authorization must trigger immediate account removal and termination of active sessions.

And Flock must require recurring access checks, enforce its ban on shared credentials, and publish independent findings and corrective actions. It must also minimize the collection and retention of location records about people suspected of no wrongdoing.

Flock’s business growth must never come before the safety of the people its cameras record.

Add your name: Demand that Flock Safety stop giving stalkers a tracking tool.

Thanks for all that you do,
Matt from the Swarm