Skip to content

Comment on Texas Sheriff Used Flock ALPR in Abortion Investigation

Comments

This seems like it should be illegal.

The State of Illinois forced Flock to tighten its data sharing controls after this was reported by 404media, as Flock was violating state law. If your state is not heavily regulating ALPRs, consider calling your state reps and secretary of state.

https://www.ilsos.gov/content/dam/news/2025/august/250825d1....

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/06/12/texas-law-e...

Flock's PR response was, and continues to be as of this comment, factually inaccurate based on reporting that has been done, as mentioned in this piece by the EFF.

https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/statement-network-sharing-u...

It would be great if Gary Tan, as YC's primary partner for Flock, could reach out to have Flock's PR misinformation corrected.

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety

oooh crimey

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.