ED, Secure Justice, https://xitter.gq/t.co/6AlmLPsHMd, fmr. Chair, City of Oakland Privacy Commission (2016-2025). (@brianhofer.bsky.social)
Oakland, CA
Joined January 2011
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More communities are permanently rejecting mass surveillance and networked sharing. Several more ordinances are awaiting required second/third votes in November before possible enactment.
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Another Flock L - Vineyard, UT; Alexandria, VA; Quincy, MA; LaCrosse, WI. secure-justice.org/flock-ter…
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A dozen entities have enacted ALPR Bans this year, with more introduced bans awaiting final action.
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Another Flock L - Kewaskum, WI; Delevan, WI; Siloam Springs, AR; St. John's, FL
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The opposition to mass surveillance is national, bipartisan, red, blue, big city, small town. A number of elected officials are about to find out in November that this has become an election issue, and they're on the wrong side of history.
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Cities keep canceling Flock contracts. Some then sign with a different vendor. New logo, same problem.
@b_haddy of @SecureJustice has helped cities write the rule that stops it for over a decade. Hide & Speak, Saturday 2pm ET.
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Boom! "because the ALPR used to search historical location information intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical movements, it was a search under the 4A." shorturl.at/LMQfM
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Another Flock L - El Paso County, CO. 139 contracts in August. 132 in September.
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Bill Burr on Mass Surveillance:
"They have this level of surveillance on us, not because of what we're doing, but because of what they are about to do.
And they know the reaction that's going to happen.
They've never had an army big enough to stop a revolution, but if you know what everybody's talking about and where they are at all times, you can just put out all these little fires."
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Another Flock L - Monroe, OH; Monterey County, CA; York, ME; Hutto, TX.
259 contracts between Aug 1 - Sep 22, 2026.
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To Flock or not to Flock? The AI cameras are at the center of a national debate around privacy versus public safety. @randysutto16603 and @b_haddy join us to break down today's Senate hearing
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We do not consent
Another Flock L - Foster, RI.
From Aug 1 - Sep 16: 248 contract terminations, an average of 7.75/per business day.
Across the country, regular people are making clear they do not consent to our governments tracking us as we go about our daily life.
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The Goshen police department made tens of thousands of searches of ALPR cameras and wrote "LMAO" into the field that asks why the searches were taking place. Other reasons for surveillance typed in by cops include "sexy" and "idk." Suggestion to Goshen PD: Vary it a bit and use "because we can" as reason next time.
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Another Flock L: Folsom, CA; Marshall County, IN; De Pere, WI
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The people are speaking up
From Aug 1 - Sep 11, 2026: 223 Flock contracts have evaporated, an average of 7.7 contracts per business day in that date range. This is a national movement against mass surveillance.
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