Flock is finally requiring police to have a real reason before searching its camera database
The changes follow a Senate hearing where a woman described spending 13 days in jail over a camera match
Hackers stole a Flock camera and found 27,321 video clips, 1.6 million images, and an encryption key
The findings appear to contradict Flock's previous claims about stored footage
Records show police justified Flock license plate searches with answers like "LMAO" and "idk"
The database allows warrantless searches, unlike requests for cell phone location data
California city canceled Flock, removed its cameras, then found the company had put some of them back
Facepalm: Once again, Flock is making headlines it would rather avoid: the company has admitted that it reinstalled its cameras in a California city after the police force canceled its contract and took them down. Flock, for its part, is pointing to an automated system that thought the cameras going offline meant there was a fault, though it also seems to be blaming the city for removing its cameras too quickly.
Police want Axon's cameras redesigned so they don't get mistaken for Flock's
Company also exploring streetlight-mounted cameras to keep them out of reach
Cities are dropping Flock's surveillance cameras at a record pace
Flock says new city contracts still outpace cancellations by roughly 10 to one, however
Florida police used a fake Flock camera in a sting, then charged a man with three felonies for destroying it
The mayor said she was unaware of the operation and admitted the charges are controversial
Four former police employees arrested over alleged misuse of Flock license plate cameras
Flock has few supporters, but Darth Vader is apparently one of them
Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky
Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras
This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras
HaveIBeenFlocked aggregates public records and identifies officers using Flock
License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new surveillance tech
SignalTrace says it doesn't identify people, but experts say that claim doesn't hold up
A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras
The demonstration tested whether adversarial design can defeat computer-vision algorithms
What just happened? Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project is testing whether computer-generated patterns can interfere with software used to identify people, vehicles, and other objects on surveillance cameras. The project received its first public test Friday at the Def Con cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Swearingen worked with Donut Media to cover a 2009 Toyota Yaris with one of his patterns and drive it past a Flock camera. "We proved it was effective," Swearingen, a cybersecurity professional and founder of SIXCYBER, told TechCrunch.
Flock wanted to put license plate cameras on 350,000 Uber and Lyft dashcams
The plan to turn Ubers into surveillance cameras never happened, but it was close
Flock's biggest investor also backs a company that can rewrite camera footage
Andreessen Horowitz backs both Flock Safety and camera-hacking firm Toka
Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.
Gemini mistook internet memes for facts about Flock license plate cameras
Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them
Roughly 50 communities have dropped the cameras since early last year amid mounting backlash
Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women
Allegations of personal surveillance and stalking have been made against at least 50 officers
One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time
Flock's AI cameras aren't just a privacy problem, they're often just wrong
Flock AI cameras allegedly used by police to stalk ex-girlfriends and partners
Some police departments are ending contract with Flock over privacy concerns
