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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 day ago

Mountain View officials allege federal, state agencies accessed Flock camera data without consent

The City of Mountain View wants the public to know that data collected by its Flock cameras was accessed by federal agencies -- and, allegedly, without the city's consent. An internal audit also found that the data was accessed by California law enforcement agencies, which was not approved by the Mountain View Police Department. From August to November 2024, the City of Mountain View says several federal law enforcement agencies accessed a Flock license plate reader camera located at San Antonio Road and Charleston Road.
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fromZDNET
3 days ago
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Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe

fromZDNET
3 days ago
Information security

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe

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fromwww.cbc.ca
4 days ago

Why solving cold case killings just got much harder for police | CBC News

Limits on access to Ancestry.com's genealogical data are making police genetic genealogy investigations of cold-case murders significantly harder.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

San Jose latest city to face questions whether federal authorities are accessing police license plate camera data

San Jose allowed other California agencies to access ALPR camera data for federal authorities, prompting privacy concerns and potential state-law violations.
fromWIRED
2 months ago

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI

Flock, the automatic license plate reader and AI-powered camera company, uses overseas workers from Upwork to train its machine learning algorithms, with training material telling workers how to review and categorize footage including images people and vehicles in the United States, according to material reviewed by 404 Media that was accidentally exposed by the company. The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage collected by Flock surveillance cameras and where people reviewing the footage may be based.
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