Tell Lowe’s: Flock mass surveillance is not safety
Tell Lowe’s: Mass surveillance is not safety Jenna Sherman, UltraViolet weareultraviolet.org From: info@weareultraviolet.org To: Mr Mark M Giese Thu, Aug 20 2026 at 9:05 AM Dear Mark, Just when we thought infringements on our privacy couldn’t get worse, Flock came into the picture. “Flock Safety” is a company responsible for deploying 120,000 cameras across the US that use artificial intelligence (AI) to read and track our license plates. 1 Companies and politicians say that these cameras are for safety …but safety for whom? The company has blown up since Trump took office last year, and is used extensively by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 2,3 So far, Flock cameras have been used to hunt women seeking reproductive care, pull over innocent people, track protesters, monitor a children’s gymnastics room, and terrorize immigrant families. 4,5,6,7,8 Oh, and police are illegally using the Flock database to stalk and harass their exes. 9 Women deserve rea...
