Flock's Half Measures Won't Solve the Surveillance State Flock Safety, a company building a nationwide surveillance network using Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs), is attempting to address concerns about police misuse.
The company's new safeguards and data retention changes are being touted as major concessions, but they do little to alleviate concerns about abuse or the scale of surveillance.
The default data retention period has been reduced from one month to one week, a change that still allows for extensive storage of individuals' private information.