Is having a ‘bad’ month…
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
Full article, HERE from Wired and from Slashdot, HERE. h/t Steve
The really scary part of the analysis is this-
The software running on the camera explicitly detects people, something which is typically overlooked in discussions around Flock cameras. When it spots a person, it records where they appear in the image and how confident it is in the detection.
And HERE is an article from 404 Media about what the police are doing to ‘justify’ their searches (or not)…
Ironically, I saw two ‘new’ Flock installations have gone up on I-44 between Wichita Falls and Burkburnett, TX when I went up that way on Sunday for breakfast. I found this really interesting, since Gov Abbott had signed to stop Flock cameras on Texas highways 28 August 2026, with state money, HERE.
Now I’m wondering ‘who’ is paying for those cameras to get put up there???
Oh yeah, and Flock’s ‘vaunted’ security… not so much… sigh…
I REALLY don’t want to live in a police state! One of the reasons I moved all the way out here. Dammit…
Hey Old NFO;
I heard a lot of the flock camera are a cooperative between local jurisdictions and private companies, both split the “cut” as it were. Do I agree with this, HELL NO. I have heard a lot of flock camera’s being placed around gun ranges to they can track who goes shooting…this one really bothers me, sure there is no national gun registry…..”But why Mr. Smith is your car going to the gun range on Willow Ave 2 times a month?”….THe stasi in the government will always try a work around the bill of rights.
They probably found a legal work around where the private company owns it and LE has a subscription.
And I’m not surprised that their security stinks. It is nearly always an afterthought.
Next thing, we’ll find that they keep data well beyond 21 days and sell it to lots of companies.
I’m surprised that hasn’t happened already.
Counter story
The cameras have no more storage than your Ring doorbell. It’s all sent to a data center.
Disclaimer: I have not dissected a Flock camera to verify either story. Occam’s Razor: the scary story is a psyop.
Addition: they can process the images in the data center for whatever they want to find. Remember when Google never looked at your pictures but “would you like to see all your pictures with that person in them?”