Flock Safety Denies Sending Viral Cease-and-Desist Letters
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- The Saturday Salon posted a photo of a purported Flock Safety cease-and-desist letter on Instagram (3,000+ likes) and Bluesky (360+ reposts), with organizer Schuyler Lifschultz saying the letter was taped to the group's Newport Beach, CA front door.
- Flock's chief strategy officer Rahul Sidhu denied the letter, calling it part of a "mass disinformation campaign" and stating "Flock never sent this letter, these people made it up (with a forged signature)."
- Chief legal officer Dan Haley confirmed Flock is aware of "at least two forged letters" and that none originated from him or anyone at the company.
- The Verge identified red flags including a bogus title for Haley ("Head of Legal Affairs Division" vs. his actual "chief legal officer") and an email address on the letter that bounced back.
- Musician Noah Orion received a second apparent forgery that misused "persecute" for "prosecute" and named the company "Flock Cameras" and "Flock incorporated."
- The Saturday Salon invited Flock to participate in their lectures, with Lifschultz noting the group is "politically neutral and not a business."
Why it matters: For Flock, the episode hands the company documented evidence of a coordinated disinformation effort targeting its brand — useful for any future legal action — while critics gain another viral data point in the broader narrative that Flock enables surveillance without accountability. Both sides now have a shareable artifact to point to.
