Robert Frommer
Role at the time: Institute for Justice senior attorney
Condemned
Response to this claim
Flock's August 2026 safeguards meaningfully address privacy and misuse concerns about its license-plate reader network.
“This is window dressing that doesn't address the fundamental problem”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)AP interviews critics and experts about Flock's safeguardsCritics say updates still leave room for abuses
Original AP interviews include Robert Frommer and Andrew Guthrie Ferguson's separate assessments of Flock's announced privacy changes.
Why we used this label
The adequacy of Flock's safeguards is at issue. Frommer rejects the changes as insufficient without judicial warrants.