Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome

date linked: 8 October 2026

source: link to article, from npr.org

Getting rid of Flock is an important step but just the first one.

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People are just catching up, Garrett. They should have been this angry for the past nine years, and no one should have let things get this far.

A WIRED screenshot reading: “Flock CEO Garrett Langley said on the All-In podcast last month that ’the biggest damage’ caused by the backlash against the company had been ‘internal morale.’ “‘Because you go on to X or you go on to Reddit and you go, why are people so mad at us when we’ve been doing the same thing for nine years?’ Langley said.”

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