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  • Surveillance • Privacy • Local Oversight

    Bend’s Flock Data Shows Why Surveillance Oversight Must Be Built Into the System Recent reporting about Bend’s Flock Safety cameras and Oregon’s sanctuary-law lawsuit point to the same lesson: privacy rules only work when the databases enforce them. The most important surveillance story in Bend this week is not hypothetical. According to The Source Weekly,

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  • Signals & Safeguards – Issue 9

    Issue 9 • Wednesday, May 13, 2026 A concise weekly scan of surveillance, privacy, cybersecurity, and the safeguards public officials should keep in view. At a glance Bend’s Flock data shows why audit logs are not optional The strongest local surveillance story this week is not hypothetical. According to The Source Weekly, federal immigration officials

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