Axon Is Another License Plate Surveillance Company

Governments are switching, but I’m not sure it makes a difference:

…some municipalities, including Denver, Colorado, are ditching their Flock arrays. But keep in mind that if they’re only switching from Flock to another brand of license-plate readers, like Axon, it’s like a gambling addict trying to kick the habit by switching from FanDuel to DraftKings.

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Despite what you may read on the Flock website, Axon cameras are pretty effective when it comes to hoovering up personal details that can go far beyond your license plate numbers. That means a municipality that opts for Axon cameras instead of Flock units won’t necessarily reduce the amount privacy its citizens lose through their use.

Posted on July 28, 2026 at 7:06 AM1 Comments

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Rontea July 28, 2026 9:11 AM

Municipalities swapping Flock for Axon because this time Big Brother will be gentler. Flock flags a journalist for driving a press car, Axon watches you sneeze and calls it a hazardous event. Denver thinks it’s breaking free from surveillance creep, but all it’s really done is trade one dystopia-as-a-service for another — now with bonus drones and taser-enabled roombas. The data doesn’t go away; it just gets a shinier dashboard. But sure, tell yourself switching from Flock to Axon is privacy progress. That’s like deleting Twitter and living on Threads — same circus, different tent.

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