Leon County Indivisible
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The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is publicly acknowledging one breach of the Driver and Vehicle Information Database (DAVID). But questions remain as to whether that’s the […]
Editor’s Note: If you shop using Amazon, you are supporting and enabling this behaviour. PsychoPete has a post about why and how you should boycott Amazon. Remember – you cannot […]
Brevard County deputy sheriff Michael Fultz resigned from the force after an internal investigation detailed extreme cases of alleged sexual misconduct, racism, and abuse, including Fultz’s use of Flock to […]
The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) and Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) are expanding public access to information about the use of Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology through the […]
The arguments around the use of “AI” are exhausting. I’m tired of re-typing my reasons, so this document is a summary of some of the many reasons why I refuse […]
Comcast has introduced a new motion-detection feature in its Xfinity Gateway routers, but a footnote in the advisory says law enforcement could access the data without you even knowing. At […]
School buses may soon become roaming surveillance vehicles, 404media reported on Tuesday after reviewing leaked documents detailing plans to equip buses with automatic license plate readers (ALPR). The data would […]
Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs or LPRs) are AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car’s location, date, and time. They also […]
The Leon County Commission voted unanimously to pull an agenda item that would have earmarked $440,000 to expand Flock license plate reader (LPR) cameras. The funding source came from a […]
If Florida enacts House Bill 945, it will create a national first – CIA-style structure at the state level that blurs the traditional line between state law enforcement and intelligence work.
The bill’s language allows scrutiny based on “views” and “opinions”, a standard that echoes some of the darkest chapters of American surveillance history. In the 1960s and 70s, the FBI’s Cointelpro program infiltrated protest movements, monitored journalists, and targeted civil rights leaders – not for crimes, but beliefs.
How easy is it to find someone from a single video posted online? To find out, Morgan put her own privacy to the test. She asked TikTok creator JoseMonkey, who’s […]
A handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed to redact license plates information in public records releases. Flock responded to this revelation by threatening a site that exposed it and by limiting the information the public can get via public records requests.
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