San Diego TRUST Coalition

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.

Flock left 60 Condor AI-people tracking cameras open to the internet. @404mediaco reports cameras can zoom in close enough to read your cell phone screen. San Diego has not said it has these cameras, but it shows (again) Flock as sloppy and creepy.

www.404media.co/flock-expose...

Former ICE and CBP leaders who have now left the agency told the FT that previous safeguards are gone, with ICE pursuing aggressive quotas by using data from Social Security, the IRS, and commercial surveillance and license plate reader companies.

ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...

We are inspired, furious, and we will not stop. We showed up in record numbers. 180 in person, more online. Hundreds wrote in too. The overwhelming majority opposed approving SD's ALPR program. Our coalition stood stronger than ever with more than 70 community and labor organizations standing side by side. Even still, we are furious that the City Council majority voted to approve the ALPR use policy and 53 other surveillance technologies, continuing the use of Flock.

We thank CMs Elo-Rivera, Foster, and Moreno for opposing. We saw them dig into the police department's and Flock's policies and practices, validating community concerns and clarifying problems Flock kept dismissing as "hypotheticals." All the calls and conversations before the vote made a difference. We saw some Councilmembers take this more seriously than they had before, with CM Lee saying he wants to have a call for vendors this year. Let's take a breath, reflect, and plan for the fight ahead.

In February, the City's 2026 Annual Surveillance Report process begins. Funding surveillance will come up in the budget process. And we can find ways to resist surveillance all day every day. Let's build the world we want to live in. Sign up here to get direct updates from TRUST Coalition and keep pushing: https://trst.fyi/plugin

We are inspired, furious, and we will not stop. Read our statement on yesterday's San Diego City Council vote on ALPR.

Union Tribune headline "An sdpd captain helped secure a multimillion dollar surveillance deal. now he works for the contractor."

What the Flock indeed! Union Tribune drops this gem: An SDPD captain helped secure a multimillion dollar surveillance deal. Now he works for the contractor.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/09/a...

SD City Council votes on Flock TODAY at 2pm downtown.
Today is the day to hold our representatives accountable.

Come to City Council. If you can’t, call in.

Action toolkit: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
Want a reminder or tips? Dm us

YouTube video by Benn Jordan We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥

"We hacked Flock Safety cameras in under 30 seconds" www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...

"Get Flock off our block" is also excellent. Credit to gee_emcee on IG

Phrase of the year: "get the flock out of my city!"

For 2 weeks this year, unauthorized outside agencies searched SD's Flock license plate data. Flock messed up the settings. SDPD first hid the breach, then admitted it months later but still redacts the reasons for the 12,914 unauthorized searches.

Council vote Tue! Act now: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e

SD City Council votes on Flock tomorrow!

🗯️ Why do you want Flock stopped? Leave your story in the replies.

Tomorrow, come to City Council downtown at 2pm. If you can’t, call in.

Info to show up or call in here: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e

Want a reminder or tips? Dm us

On this episode, we interviewed Lilly Irani, an Associate Professor at UCSD and a member of the SD Trust Coalition that is fighting surveillance in San Diego. For more information, visit… UnionorBust #53-Lilly Irani, FLOCK cameras are bad for workers!

Union or Bust talks about Flock, and why the right to privacy still matters no matter what Silicon Valley or the police try to tell us.
youtu.be/yyNIR4XIork?...

TRUST Talking Points and Guide for 2025 December Shut down Flock! Shut down Flock! San Diego, Fall 2025 SD City Council vote, Dec 9 at 2pm Talking Points and Ways to Push Back (en español) Contacts if you have questions: Lilly Irani: lilly.irani@gmail.com Seth…

Remove Flock. Send your public comment now and show up in City Council Tuesday at 2pm. trst.fyi/stop-flock-e

"Ending the Flock contract is more than a policy choice. It is a declaration that San Diego values privacy, dignity and community trust."
Patricia Mondragon @pmondragon.bsky.social, Alliance San Diego

"End the Flock contract now. We must use the millions of dollars used in the installation and implementation of this dangerous technology to fund proven solutions to public safety like affordable housing access to medical care, food security, child care"
Branden Sigua @sdicaclu.bsky.social

“Stop placing wealth and profit over the privacy of our lives...of friends and our families and our members. End the use of ALPRs, end the relationship with this company, end the relationship w/these oppressive businesses...Get the Flock Out”
Chris Wilson, United Domestic Workers

"Nobody should be OK w/the gestapo police state that is being formed right now in this country. [Flock] is about forming a mass surveillance network so that the hostile federal government can take over everything, and we are paying the price for it"
Brigette Browning @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social

"Flock's pattern of behavior and the pattern of abuse of its technology makes it impossible for me to trust them or for me to tell San Diegans they should trust Flock with information about their every move."
Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera @seanelorivera.bsky.social

"We feel betrayed b/c the police are supposed to provide safety for our community, but by using this tech they are only causing more pain and suffering to our people, not only for the migrant families kidnapped by ICE terrorists, but to the entire community"
Yolanda Menezes, ACCE

Leaders and community spoke truth at our press conference this week.

"The SD police officer that led this initiative, that led bringing this technology to the city of SD, is now an employee of Flock. There is something extremely wrong with how this was done."
Councilmember Henry Foster

Are people wondering why Flock is so terrible and out of control as a company? Here's a one pager you can share around too: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

SD City Council votes on Flock next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Mark your calendars to show up or call in.

Tell City Council to shut down Flock.
Pull the plug on out-of-control location data.

Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e

Flock turbocharges unjust detentions. Our City should invest in safety through education, public libraries, community centers, hunger relief, affordable housing, parks, community gardens, and so much more.

Message your Council member and show up Tuesday! trst.fyi/action

A Redmond father was handcuffed in his driveway after a Flock license plate camera linked his car to his son’s felony warrant. He says the system flawed. Flock camera error leads police to detain wrong man

Flock does not reduce crime, despite the dramatic one-off-story. Flock has failed to provide independent studies that verifies their research on ALPR’s effectiveness. Yet Flock scans everybody. Expected glitches can lead to dangerous false detentions www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlHL...

Police in Texas used Flock ALPR to get search for people seeking abortions in 2025. Flock lied about this to the public for months.

www.404media.co/police-said-...

There have been multiple cases where Flock has been used to stalk members of the community, including the ex-girlfriend of a Kansas Police Chief in 2024.

www.kansas.com/news/politic...

Donald Trump and Peter Thiel are using AI to supercharge the surveillance state Peter Thiel warns of a pending one-world totalitarian government—while himself pushing to supercharge the surveillance state.

Flock is built on investment by Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist who writes “I no longer believe freedom and democracy are compatible.” Donald Trump and Peter Thiel are using AI to supercharge the AI surveillance state, Reason Magazine writes.

reason.com/video/2025/0...

Why shut down Flock? A thread 🧵⬇️ Message your Council member and show up at City Council next Tuesday, Dec 9!

Flock prioritizes getting investors rich by building creepy AI and people profiling tools using our tax dollars.
www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

City Council votes next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Tell them to pull the plug on out-of-control location data. Shut down Flock!

Mail your City Council rep now: actionnetwork.org/letters/shut...

Show up or call in to City Council Dec 9 keep the pressure on.

Organizing online, offline, and everywhere in between!

Whoever is out there handing out flyers and having conversations at the club in Hillcrest, we love you! To all of you getting your friends to email City Council, we love you too!

Get yours: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dx27z...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

Flock lied about a Texas sheriff who searched Flock to track down a woman for an abortion. Flock asserted the woman was never under criminal investigation. Court documents showed Flock misled the public for months, accusing journalists of lying. #shutdownflock #whattheflock