# Flock Safety and ALPR Surveillance: Sources Hub: [[Topics/Flock Safety and ALPR Surveillance/Flock Safety and ALPR Surveillance|Flock Safety and ALPR Surveillance]] · [[Topics/Flock Safety and ALPR Surveillance/Timeline|Timeline]] All sources were read Oct 24, 2026, between about 7:00 and 7:55 PM CT. ## Primary 1. Proton AG, "Use this Flock camera map to find the devices near you": https://proton.me/flock-camera-map 2. Joshua Michael, Flock Surveillance Map: https://flocksurveillance.org/ 3. Joshua Michael, personal site and post list: https://whoisjoshuamichael.com/ 4. Nexanet, "53 Times Flock Safety Hardcoded the Password…" (Jan 9, 2026): https://nexanet.ai/blog/53-times-flocksafety-hardcoded-the-password-for-americas-surveillance-infrastructure 5. Nexanet, "Misconfigured demo exposed Flock Safety's 83,000-camera nationwide tracking system": https://nexanet.ai/blog/misconfigured-demo-exposed-flock-safetys-83000-camera-nationwide-tracking-system 6. Benn Jordan, written testimony, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Sep 23, 2026: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/b54507b1-a8f4-8ea9-424e-097b9a9a8700/2026-09-23-PM_Testimony_Jordan_50543647-748c-41d2-a48a-090e5546c226.pdf 7. Hearing record summary: https://hearinghighlights.com/hearings/119/senate/senate-judiciary-subcommittee-on-crime-and-counterterrorism/2026-09-23/hearings-to-examine-flocks-nationwide-ai-surveillance-network 8. Flock Safety, "How Flock's audio detection works": https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/how-flocks-audio-detection-works 9. Doppel: https://www.doppel.com ## Reporting 10. The Intercept (Nikita Mazurov), "Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline" (Sep 24, 2026), read via mirrors ⚠️: https://iwpost.com/flock-wants-the-most-detailed-map-of-its-surveillance-cameras-taken-offline/ · https://qoshe.com/the-intercept/nikita-mazurov/flock-wants-the-most-detailed-map-of-its-surveillance-cameras-taken-offline/189235715 11. Cybernews (Eglė Krištopaitytė), "Flock Surveillance Map moves to Proton after takedown attempt" (Oct 21, updated Oct 22): https://cybernews.com/tech/proton-flock-map/ 12. Cybernews, Flock data retention: https://cybernews.com/news/flock-surveillance-privacy-data-retention-public-safety/ 13. The Verge (Emma Roth), Oct 23, 2026: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017639/proton-map-flock-cams 14. Tom's Hardware, "Proton hosts Flock map revealing over 300,000 cameras…" (Oct 24, 2026): https://www.tomshardware.com/software/maps/proton-hosts-flock-map-revealing-over-300-000-cameras-defying-cease-and-desist-threats-against-creator-privacy-focused-company-hosts-site-on-swiss-servers-says-users-have-the-right-to-know-whos-recording-them 15. Tom's Hardware, "Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down…": https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/flock-seeks-to-have-security-researchers-map-of-flock-cameras-taken-down-unauthenticated-flaw-exposed-335-701-camera-locations-nationwide 16. The Auto Wire (Oct 2, 2026): https://theautowire.com/2026/10/02/flock-surveillance-map-trademark-complaint-researcher/ 17. Dispute Index, the cease-and-desist: https://disputeindex.com/events/5080-flock-s-letter-argues-that-michael-s-alleged 18. FIRE, "Flock is using trademark law to silence…": https://expression.fire.org/p/flock-is-using-trademark-law-to-silence 19. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/flock-safety-reportedly-files-complaint-against-researcher-who-mapped-its-camera-network/ 20. SecNews: https://secnews.co.uk/2026/10/proton-rehosts-flock-camera-map-researcher-legal-threats/ 21. EFF, Oct 2025 (voice detection): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices 22. EFF, Jul 2026 (rollout ended): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices 23. The Record: https://therecord.media/flock-safety-kills-audio-detection-system-human-distress ## X posts 24. @cyber_razz, Oct 24, 3:45 AM CT: https://x.com/cyber_razz/status/2113914810362433790 ([[Users/@cyber_razz/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - cyber_razz on Flock, Joshua Michael's Map and Proton (2026-10-24)|analysis]]) 25. @cyber_razz, link correction, Oct 24, 2:23 PM CT: https://x.com/cyber_razz/status/2114075435546148908 26. @IntCyberDigest, Oct 22, 9:03 PM CT: https://x.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2113451088913310013 27. @whoisjmichael (Joshua Michael), Oct 24, 2:18 PM CT: https://x.com/whoisjmichael/status/2114074073202671685 28. @thugdisco, Oct 24, 11:16 AM CT: https://x.com/thugdisco/status/2114028385210892650 ## Checked and dead - `protonmcp.org` (the link in @cyber_razz's post): NXDOMAIN at Google DNS, Oct 24, about 7:45 PM CT. - Flock's "Has Flock Been Hacked? No…" post: its slug now returns 404. Its text is quoted only by The Auto Wire ⚠️.