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fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 week agoMountain View police turn off license plate cameras after breach - San Jose Spotlight
All of Mountain View's license plate cameras are being disabled, effective immediately, Police Chief Mike Canfield announced Monday afternoon. The move comes in the wake of the police department's disclosure last week that hundreds of law enforcement agencies had accessed the sensitive data in violation of the city's policies for over a year. The cameras will remain turned off until further direction is provided by the Mountain View City Council,
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoAI-powered surveillance company will continue to monitor Oakland's streets
The city will stick with a surveillance company that scans license plates to help law enforcement catch criminal suspects, a dramatic reversal of an earlier vote that had rejected the firm's new $2 million contract. The company, Flock Safety, will maintain an existing network of 300 cameras to monitor the city's busiest streets and local state highways for up to two years while the Oakland Police Department conducts a competitive search for a long-term vendor.
Privacy technologies
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fromSun Sentinel
2 months ago'Creeped out' or crime solvers? License plate readers in South Florida a controversial tool
South Florida law enforcement deploys Flock Safety license-plate recognition cameras linked to a national database and AI to capture and search detailed vehicle data.
Privacy technologies
fromTruthout
2 months agoA 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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fromTechCrunch
3 months agoLawmakers 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.
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