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Privacy technologies
fromTruthout
20 hours ago

A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US

Flock Safety deploys AI-enabled license-plate cameras across tens of thousands of locations, enabling mass warrantless tracking by police and private clients, raising serious privacy concerns.
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fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company's plate-reader camera

fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company's plate-reader camera

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Law
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 weeks ago

Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are Public Records

Public access to Flock Safety camera data is protected under Washington law even when a city uses Flock as a third-party vendor.
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US politics
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers | TechCrunch

Flock Safety's license-plate camera network lacks required multi-factor authentication, potentially exposing billions of scanned images to hackers, spies, and compromised law enforcement logins.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

According to Flock's announcement, its Ring partnership allows local law enforcement members to use Flock software "to send a direct post in the Ring Neighbors app with details about the investigation and request voluntary assistance." Requests must include "specific location and timeframe of the incident, a unique investigation code, and details about what is being investigated," and users can look at the requests anonymously, Flock said.
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