Sic Semper Flock

Sic Semper Flock.

Thus always to Flock.

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Sic semper flock.

[Rep. Eric Burlison @RepEricBurlison]

Federal taxpayer money should not be used to build a digital dossier on Americans.

Proud to join @RepThomasMassie on this legislation.

[Evan Kilgore 🇺🇸 @EvanAKilgore]

RE: "Flock Cameras do not cause you to lose any freedom."

United States v. Jones (2012):

Ruled that physically attaching a GPS tracking device to a vehicle and monitoring its movements constitutes a Fourth Amendment search, establishing that prolonged electronic tracking of public movements invades reasonable privacy expectations.

​Carpenter v. United States (2018):

Established that individuals retain Fourth Amendment protections even in public spaces, holding that long-term tracking, via location records, provides an inappropriate and intimate window into a person’s private life and requires a warrant.

​Chatrie v. United States (2026):

Affirmed in a recent 6-3 ruling that acquiring fine-grained digital location history constitutes a Fourth Amendment search, rejecting the government arguments that mass location data is unprotected simply because it is held by third parties or captured in public view.

@camhigby

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Florida is acting. Will Georgia and South Carolina follow suit?

[DeFlock @therealDeFlock]

"Florida has now revoked the ability of local police to mount Flock cameras on state roads as nationwide backlash gains steam against the surveillance technology."

Still a long way to go.

https://t.co/fRUOLgO4A1 #Flock #DeFlock #Axon #Surveillance #AxonAxoff #fyp #trending

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Flock supporters say that guardrails are in place to prevent abuse. The guardrails don't work: Nick Barker ran Athens-Clarke’s Real Time Crime Center. On the record he said they weren’t Big Brother because every Flock search required a written reason.

Last week he was fired for searching his ex-wife’s plate “numerous times.” GBI is investigating.

The policy was in place. He wrote a reason. He still ran her plate for months.
That’s not a policy failure you patch. That’s what the cameras make possible.
Sic semper Flock.
https://t.co/o2gRcJ4Wdd

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Nearly 100 U.S. localities ended Flock contracts in August alone—triple the prior month’s pace—over privacy, data-sharing, and misuse concerns. Sic semper Flock.
https://t.co/XOL51g54Bb

@arstechnica @cfarivar

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Georgia senator today: “Bad apples don’t spoil the bushel.” He says the state will not ban Flock.

Hahira just arrested another apple. Six counts of misusing plate data. Six counts of violation of oath.

Sic semper Flock.
https://t.co/zG9EAHRJsm

https://t.co/uiWFBekXyG

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

@mosser_tam35559 Not publicly that I’ve seen. They have them. Anyone in Aiken heard of an audit?

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

FITSNews: more S.C. officers terminated for Flock abuse. Second Lowcountry sheriff’s office in two weeks.
Greer. Mauldin. Colleton (2,700 searches). Greenville County. Now another one.
Richmond County already had deputies arrested for the same thing. Columbia County is running the same cameras.
@fitsnews @TheWillFolks @GetAustinRhodes @PamPtucker
Sic semper Flock.
https://t.co/d95mz3N2hw

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Cities terminated Flock contracts at a record pace in August—about three a day, per Secure Justice tracking.
Sic semper Flock.
https://t.co/XOL51g54Bb

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

Let me get the calculator out. Over 23 unauthorized searches per resident. Sic semper Flock.

[Young Americans for Liberty @YALiberty]

1.6 MILLION unauthorized searches in a city with a population of ~68,000.

Let that sink in.

[🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅War Damn Eagle 🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸 @AuburnBuilt19]

#Flock #SouthCarolina #Usa
This why we don’t want flock cams. Already getting missed used

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

If Paul and Sanders are on the same side of the pole, the pole is the problem.

Sic semper Flock.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

STOP FLOCK. STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE.

Totalitarianism is when a government or another entity with overwhelming power seeks to know, control and influence everything you do, say and even think. I fear very much that if we don't act aggressively, that is where we’re heading.

You may not know it, but you may already be being tracked by artificial intelligence.

Flock, a surveillance company backed by Big Tech oligarchs like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, has installed more than 120,000 AI-powered surveillance cameras across America.

These AI cameras scan and record 20 BILLION vehicles every month across more than 6,000 communities.

What does that mean for you? It means that if Flock is in your community, every time you leave your house, a Flock camera records and tracks you.

If you are dropping your kids off at school, Flock knows.

If you are going to a doctor, Flock knows.

If you are going out on a date, Flock knows.

And that’s not all.

Newer Flock cameras do not just record vehicles. They record people. Flock’s AI system can combine images of you and your vehicle with databases of phone numbers, relatives and court records to find out who you are, where you're going and why.

In my view, this raises some very fundamental questions. Do we want to live in an America where AI companies like Flock can work with the government to track our every movement? Do we want to live in an America where our privacy rights and civil liberties — enshrined in the Constitution — are traded away so that AI oligarchs can collect more information, and increase their profits even more?

The answer must be NO. We cannot allow America to become a surveillance state where a handful of AI oligarchs profit by giving the government the power to track our every movement.

We must come together to stop Flock and AI mass surveillance. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to do just that.

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

The pole on the corner does not need a warrant. That’s the problem.

Sic semper Flock.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Despite what some may tell you, we are not safe if our right to privacy is not safe.

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

93 jurisdictions ended Flock contracts in August alon. Triple the prior month’s pace.
Sic semper Flock.
https://t.co/XOL51g54Bb
https://t.co/jkN3I9CNLd

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

https://t.co/jkN3I9CNLd
The argument. One picture.

[Ron Carter @gov_insights]

Mere weeks after the Supreme’s opined in Chatrie, the 6th Circuit put a finer point on it:
-You can’t collect the haystack because you might find a needle
-Yes, it may add an additional burden to law enforcement to preclude ALPR’s
-Even if that is true, it is the price of avoiding overreaching government which was EXACTLY the intent of the Framers

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

"Several law enforcement officers have been disciplined for misusing data from Flock’s cameras." Several?? Sic semper Flock. @nytimes @gettinviggy https://t.co/7v1Z15dYXn

[Thomas Huffman @ThomasHuffman79]

Happy Saturday!

Defrock sent out a message as followed. Congratulations, again, on a successful National Week of Action Against ALPRs!

We had about 29,000 people register and we hosted nearly 500 events last week. More people are now aware of ALPRs and why we need these surveillance cameras out of our communities because of our collective work.

We want to celebrate with you! Join us for a call where we will celebrate all that we accomplished and where we will outline some next steps for our work together.

NATIONAL WEEK OF ACTION CELEBRATION

Join us on Sunday, August 30th at 5pm ET.

Link: https://t.co/3ptZHVzeSI

Passcode: 340622

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

Democracy™: Public consent sold separately.

[Sic Semper Flock @sicsemperflock]

https://t.co/Dedi5BunuQ

@Newsweek: "Concerns over how the cameras are used, who can access the data they collect and whether the technology complies with constitutional protections have fueled mounting resistance across the political spectrum." Sic semper Flock.