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Robert Hold retweeted
Joshua Michael found an access token on Flock's public website.
No login required. No authentication. Just sitting there.
He downloaded Flock's entire database. 300,000 device locations. 170,000 cameras. 130,000 other hardware units. 27,000 acoustic detectors.
Made a map. Published it September 23.
The Senate held a hearing on Flock the same day. Cited Michael's research.
Flock panicked.
Sent a cease-and-desist. Used a brand-protection vendor called Doppel to claim trademark infringement.
The map said it wasn't affiliated with Flock. Doppel didn't care.
Michael's site went dark.
Then Proton moved it to Swiss servers.
Now it lives on protonmcp.org. Untouchable. Uncensorable. Hosted by an encryption company in a country that doesn't care what Flock wants.
The irony is crystalline.
Flock left an access token on the internet. Michael used it to download their own data. Published it. Flock tried to suppress it.
Proton said suppressing it is suppressing information.
Which is true.
The map shows Flock has 150,000 more cameras than they publicly claimed.
Shows acoustic detection units mapping human speech across the country.
Shows which police departments have access to the whole network.
Flock doesn't want that visible.
So they tried trademark infringement.
Which only worked until Proton decided transparency matters more than Flock's feelings.
Now everyone can see exactly how many cameras are watching their car. Where they are. Which cops can see them.
Michael warned Flock about the exposed token in November 2025.
Flock ignored him.
Then got mad when he used it.
The surveillance company that claims to protect privacy just tried to suppress the only map showing how much they actually surveille.
And failed.
‼️ Proton is hosting a map of 300,000+ Flock surveillance device locations that Flock tried to get taken down.
Researcher Joshua Michael says he pulled them from Flock's own systems via a token left open to anyone.
Proton calls the takedown "an attempt to suppress information."
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Robert Hold retweeted
If he's not President, I want Mark Kelly to be the next Secretary of Defense so he can personally oversee the court martial of Pete Hegseth for war crimes.
Fuck flock
🚨 #BREAKING: Federal judge rules Flock's camera network violates 4th Amendment rights, accusing the company of building an "indiscriminate mass surveillance" network.
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Robert Hold retweeted
HOLY SH*T! This new ad, when tested, moves swing voters 5 POINTS TO DEMOCRATS!
Because Republicans just cut Medicare. And Prescription drug costs are about to SKYROCKET for seniors.
SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE. #RepublicansCutHealthcare
Robert Hold retweeted
23 days later, McConnell still MIA, having been hospitalized for 39 days.
When I first suggested they were waiting out the August 3rd date, I was called a conspiracy theorist and told no one could run interference that long.
Only 11 days remain.
McConnell’s staff still won’t even acknowledge if they’ve spoken to him recently.
But want you to believe he is now 40~ days in hospital for a “small fall” with “no complications” but still can’t leave on doctor’s orders.
Robert Hold retweeted
The FBI will no longer investigate ICE agents for crimes they commit while enforcing immigration law.
Don’t ever tell me again that this isn’t the Gestapo.
Robert Hold retweeted
US Senator Tom Cotton and anyone who votes for this should be arrested for treason.
It’s NOT antisemitic to say I don’t want our military bound to ANY foreign country or government.
This is absolutely nuts. I’d love to hear someone try to defend this.
US senator pushes legislation for permanent US-Israeli intelligence integration
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US Senator Tom Cotton has pushed forward an aggressive new measure aimed at locking Washington into a permanent, unbreakable espionage alliance with Israel. Tucked inside the Senate Intelligence Committee's Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, Section 622 directly alters the National Security Act of 1947 to strip the White House of its traditional authority to alter ties with a foreign state.
The legislation explicitly mandates that intelligence sharing with the Israeli government shall not be suspended, reduced, or materially limited by the executive branch. The proposal effectively binds the CIA and other US espionage organs to Israel's military apparatus by creating a rigid legal barrier against any reduction in information flow.
Under the new framework, the White House is prohibited from cutting off intelligence support even if Israeli forces commit gross human rights violations or flagrant breaches of international law. To bypass existing restrictions, the text entirely avoids mentioning human rights, war crimes, or local accountability, ensuring that US surveillance products continue to fuel Israeli operations without domestic oversight.
The legislative push comes alongside parallel measures in the House designed to mandatorily align US strategic planning, artificial intelligence, and weapons development with the Israeli military establishment.
Robert Hold retweeted
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republicans just BLOCKED Sen. Richard Blumenthal's attempt to get Veterans their retirement pay WITHOUT cutting disability benefits. Republicans will write blank checks to the military, then penny pinch when it's time to support our Vets.
Robert Hold retweeted
Angry, disgusted General Eisenhower during liberation of Buchenwald, today 1945--ordered that evidence of the Nazi atrocities be photographed to avoid their being doubted by later generations:
Robert Hold retweeted
"Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook."
—Harry S. Truman
So… @Reddit has a bit of a problem. For the site to be boasting about human content while it is flooded with bot accounts… its internal system can’t seem to tell the difference between a human account and a spamming bot. There isn’t any way to clearly appeal, speak with any support, or find a solution… even for folks who pay money for their account.
Fucking do better.
Robert Hold retweeted
Gen. Mark Milley: We are unique among the world's militaries. We don't take an oath to a king or a queen, or to a tyrant, or a dictator, and we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don't take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution. It is that document that all of us in uniform swear to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We will never turn our back on the Constitution. That is our North Star.