Episode Description
What are these Flock cameras that have popped up all over the US in the last few years? How did they get everywhere? And why are people cutting them down?
Punching Upwards, Episode 46 for 26 July 2026
Topics: Technology / Privacy
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Credits
Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vlad A Gouf, Fadi Mansour, Bennet Piater, Eric and Sir Galteran for supporting this podcast financially and therefore making it possible for me to produce it!
See Also
* PU 45: The Iran Peace Deal is Over
Sources
* In Memory of John C. Dvorak, No Agenda News, 22 July 2026
* “A Company That Trades Privacy for Profit”: ACLU on Flock’s Growing Nationwide Surveillance Network, Democracy Now!, 21 July 2026
* More flock cameras cut down in Houston amid privacy concerns, ABC13 Houston, 11 July 2026
* Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists “Terrorists”, Forbes, 21 July 2026
* He Hacked Flock Cameras. What He Found Was Worse Than Expected, Business Reform, 17 July 2026
* Whistleblower Reveals the Largest Mass Surveillance Operation in History and the Coming Slave State, The Tucker Carlson Show, 16 July 2026
* “Get it the ‘FLOCK’ out”: Students rise up against AI-powered license plate readers, MS NOW, 19 July 2026
* “Mass surveillance”: Community questions use of Flock cameras in Fresno, CBS 47, 21 July 2026
* Privacy, Fourth Amendment concerns heat up as Flock cameras become more prominent, FOX 19, 11 July 2026
* Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers, NPR, 19 February 2026
* Autobahn shooter had road rage, Deutsche Welle, 25 June 2013
* Wie das BKA den Sniper überführte, Stern, 1 July 2013
* Autotransporter-Fall: Bundeskriminalamt rastert 3.800.000 Auto-Kennzeichen und 600.000 Mobilfunk-Daten, Netzpolitik.org, 26 September 2013
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