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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flock</span></a> Threatens <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> Developer Mapping Its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> Cameras<br>The surveillance camera company Flock sent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DeFlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeFlock</span></a> a cease-and-desist. The letter argues that DeFlock is causing the “dilution” of Flock’s trademarks rather than “infringement” of them. DeFlock is fighting back.<br> DeFlock currently maps more than 16,000 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALPR</span></a> around the world, which includes both Flock cameras as well as many created by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Motorola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Motorola</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.404media.co/flock-threatens-open-source-developer-mapping-its-surveillance-cameras/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/flock-threatens-op</span><span class="invisible">en-source-developer-mapping-its-surveillance-cameras/</span></a></p>
Doug Grinbergs<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <br>"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a>’s Atlas of Surveillance project has identified more than 1,700 agencies using <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ALPRs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALPRs</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeFlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeFlock</span></a> has mapped out more than 16,000 individual camera locations, more than a third of which are Flock Safety devices."<br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/anti-surveillance-mapmaker-refuses-flock-safetys-cease-and-desist-demand" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/anti</span><span class="invisible">-surveillance-mapmaker-refuses-flock-safetys-cease-and-desist-demand</span></a><br>Flock Safety Wikipedia article <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Sa</span><span class="invisible">fety</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FlockSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlockSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AtlasOfSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasOfSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a></p>
Blue Ghost<p>OpenStreetMap is a map of the world that supports mapping ALPR cameras.</p><p>Google Maps alternative.</p><p>ALPR: Automated License Plate Reader</p><p>Identify location of camera.<br>Identify area under surveillance.</p><p>DeFlock is a OpenStreetMap instance focused on ALPR cameras, data used is not visualized on the OpenStreetMap.org instance.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://deflock.me" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">deflock.me</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openstreetmap.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Mastodon: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@openstreetmap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openstreetmap</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DeFlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeFlock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>Open source project DeFlock mapping license plate surveillance cameras all over the world<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/email/86114692-d4b0-4794-b1e8-ec0adedcfcfa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/email/86114692-d4b</span><span class="invisible">0-4794-b1e8-ec0adedcfcfa</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeFlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeFlock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>