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Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error

404 Media · Jason Koebler · January 15, 2026

Multiple police departments released unredacted Flock audit logs through public records requests, exposing 2.3+ million license plates and tens of millions of searches. The data was aggregated on HaveIBeenFlocked.com. Flock threatened the site's web hosts and restricted audit log access going forward.

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