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Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

313 points by pkaeding

by tptacek

7 subcomments

Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it's not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.
But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text "YES".

by pilingual

5 subcomments

Put up billboards around metros with a license plate reader that queries this database with each passing car and announce "White Tesla Model Y XYZ-1234 You've been focked for: Inv"
What a sick society we live in.

by ifh-hn

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Since the page is currently down and I have no idea what flocked means in the context of license plates, can I assume this is US specific?

by nh43215rgb

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by habinero

10 subcomments

I love these kinds of sites, since they're indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I'm worried about being watched.

by gotekom952

0 subcomment

Very problematic flock security video - how easy is to hack them https://youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?si=vC2Kyl_e30kVVmXT

by ourmandave

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Visit deflock.me/map to see if you live near a camera.
https://deflock.me/map

by user3939382

5 subcomments

Can’t wait for the Flock Equifax/SouthParkWereSorry-esque breach announcement any day. I should start a betting pool w my friends.

by GaryBluto

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Slashdotted within 3 hours.

by opengrass

2 subcomments

Have I ran out of 100,000 requests?

by jmward01

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I wonder if I got a license plate holder that said 'I do not consent to selling my position information' if I could sue them.

by bix6

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Interesting I can’t access this over VPN

by dwoldrich

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Now imagine every other aspect of modern life is enshittified similarly to some extent and all being dialed up. Nothing is sacred, and talk to the contrary is laughable. Government is a scummy grift, every big (money) cause is full of unaudited scammers. I hope you are never passionate about a pet government policy!
You can buy local or do it yourself, but all of those are squeezed at the margins by enshittified inputs.
Before even seeking to fix the problem, I try to work on me.
First, I try (difficult) to not be sucked into useless wallowing, which keeps me exactly where the enemy wants me to be. I tend to skim 'news' headlines now, if that.
Second, in my career I strive to produce uncommon quality so as to not add to the problem.
I love to stand out and feel proud of my work. It makes me sad when coworkers are concerned/confused when I put in extra effort. I know where they're coming from. No one notices nor cares at $megacorp, and my work is internal and humble.
I do it for self-improvement and to make the time I spend working for them worthwhile to me.

by DivingForGold

4 subcomments

A met a guy once whom drives a PU truck, he lowers the tailgate and places an oversized piece of plywood in the bed as an excuse, he also places an opaque plastic cover over his front lic plate, which has been raised to a $300 fine in Texas, if caught. He now intends to place a series of bright strobe lights around his front plate to "bleach out" the sensors of these spy cameras.

by The_President

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Flock creates a dossier that allows an individual to be stalked and framed. This permits rouge users clamoring for more power to consolidate their toolkit and expedite their rise.
People get framed and stolen from all the time and this will certainly make it worse.

by amelius

2 subcomments

License plate numbers are old fashioned. Can't we get something more secure? E.g. plate numbers that change every hour would be a good start. I don't like to drive around with a giant cookie strapped to my car.

by dieselgate

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Cool website, gave it a go. I am not a general advocate of license plate tracking but believe it’s a double edge sword. A former vehicle was stolen and recovered twice - likely due to tracking technology.

by hellothereworld

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You can search with „OUTATIME“. For any non-americans lurking in the comments.

by mfkp

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Seems like the website has ran out of cloudflare worker credits on their plan:

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by supportengineer

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I believe that the full weight of the nations resources should come into play whenever there are missing or abducted people. CIA, NSA, satellites, all of it. I can’t fathom while we don’t do that already. But absent of that, Flock is the next best thing. Mainly because it reduces the friction to get this information in the hands of local law-enforcement officers. I have zero tolerance for crimes against children and fully support capital punishment for such.

by slicktux

2 subcomments

I’m curious; what database are they using? Or does Flock allow queries to their database?

by dev_l1x_be

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Have I been HNed? [Yes] No

by BlarfMcFlarf

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I mean, we already had PRISM, why is anyone acting like this is a big deal?

by zombiwoof

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by onetokeoverthe

0 subcomment

just enter 10 license numbers.

by kazinator

0 subcomment

Have I been flocculated? Check your social security number to see whether you are considered pond scum.

by chzblck

4 subcomments

Oh no my super secret license plate! definitely something that is normally hidden instead of being on the front and back of my car for anyone to see and photo.