Flock comms chief quietly rebrands as "Fmr Flock Exec" amid AI surveillance backlash
jengolbeck · x · 2026-11-03
Per @ipvideo, Flock's Chief Communications Officer Josh Thomas quietly changed his LinkedIn title to "Fmr Flock Exec" and has "no comment" on the change.
Context: Flock's Automatic License Plate Readers face growing backlash. In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, over 1,700 ALPR cameras photograph and store license plate data. Proponents hail the safety tech; opponents cite privacy, data security, and abuse concerns — including turnover of data to federal officials. An Ideastream Public Media forum, "Flock and the Future of AI-Powered Surveillance," frames the shift: the question is no longer whether the technology works, but whether it should be allowed in its current state, or at all.
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