No the problem is zero accountability

It used to be that we had systems such as Palantir who went out of their way to design these systems with ACLs and audit review. That was their trade off to get these powerful systems approved by respecting civil liberties

Well that seems to have been lost in today’s surveillance ecosystem. Who has access to Flock amd what are they allowed to search for? The answer seems to be any LEO for any reason

The State of Illinois forced Flock to tighten its data sharing controls after this was reported by 404media, as Flock was violating state law. If your state is not heavily regulating ALPRs, consider calling your state reps and secretary of state.

https://www.ilsos.gov/content/dam/news/2025/august/250825d1....

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/06/12/texas-law-e...

Flock's PR response was, and continues to be as of this comment, factually inaccurate based on reporting that has been done, as mentioned in this piece by the EFF.

https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/statement-network-sharing-u...

It would be great if Gary Tan, as YC's primary partner for Flock, could reach out to have Flock's PR misinformation corrected.

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety