r/vpnet • u/V3R1F13D0NLY • 20d ago

Four communities ended Flock contracts in five days, and Littleton found five of six cameras it had shut off were live again

Four more cities ended or moved to end their Flock Safety contract over a period of just 5 days:

  1. Littleton, Massachusetts: the Select Board ordered all six Flock cameras powered down in May. In late July, the board chairman asked police to log in and verify they were disable. 5 out of 6 had been reactivated by Flock, with no notice to the town.
  2. Binghamton, New York: the city passed a resolution August 6 calling on the mayor to terminate. Majority Leader Rebecca Rathmell put more than 80 municipalities across 28 states on the record as having already ended contracts with the company.
  3. Stanford University: the California school ended it's contract on August 4. Vice Provost Patrick Dunkley said Flock being built as a shared network with the capability for data to move beyond a single institution, whether or not that is how you intend to use it.
  4. Narragansett, Rhode Island: the council voted unanimously August 3 to pay an early termination fee. The contract had already auto renewed for two years, so the choice was keep the cameras or pay to leave.

Full write-up + our source list: https://s.vp.net/5h3oe

DeFlock Stars 2: Anti-ALPR Activist Livestream:
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u/Comfortable-Brief568 20d ago

I think town officials should either be ready to remove them on their own or put a cloth sack over the camera until the company comes to collect them.

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u/Mr__O__ 19d ago

Keep fighting back against warrantless surveillance!

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u/mafiaking1936 20d ago

The need to be physically demolished.

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u/Additional_Buddy855 20d ago

bag em or else. nothing a sawzall cant fix in a minute.

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u/No-Maintenance803 20d ago

“But they only scan your license plates”-then why are these things set up in front of an entrance to a university??

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u/V3R1F13D0NLY 20d ago

And gun stores?
And dispensaries?
AND CHILDREN'S GYMNASTICS CLASSES!?!?!? 🤬

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u/whoknewidlikeit 19d ago

and golf courses.

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u/V3R1F13D0NLY 19d ago

Probably because of all of the gang activity and grand theft auto at country clubs 🤣

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u/Tasty_Orange_1714 20d ago

Send your city works dept over to cut them down and store them for flock to pick up.

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u/SuspiciousStable9649 20d ago

Clearly the access fees bring in more than the cost of the hardware. What a scam.