"This week, two lawmakers, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), called for a federal investigation, alleging that Flock has been "negligently handling Americans' personal data" by failing to use cybersecurity best practices. The month prior, Wyden wrote a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley, alleging that Flock's security failures mean that "abuse of Flock cameras is inevitable" and that they threaten to expose billions of people's harvested data should a catastrophic breach occur."
"They're also concerned that law enforcement will use the sweeping database for invasive tracking. For instance, Texas scanned more than 80,000 ALPRs to allegedly do a wellness check on a woman suspected of self-administering an abortion, 404 Media reported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also worked with local police to conduct "immigration"-related searches of Flock data, 404 Media reported. (Langley wrote in a blog that providing ICE access is a local decision, "not Flock's decision.")"
Flock Safety operates the largest network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and faces scrutiny over privacy and security. Two federal lawmakers requested a probe, alleging negligent handling of Americans' personal data and failure to follow cybersecurity best practices. Lawmakers warn that Flock's security failures could make abuse inevitable and risk exposing vast amounts of harvested data in a catastrophic breach. Local officials and communities are moving to remove Flock cameras amid concerns about invasive law enforcement tracking, including reported scans of tens of thousands of ALPRs for a wellness check and ICE-related searches of Flock data.
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