U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Flock Safety, saying the fast-growing surveillance technology company has failed to implement basic cybersecurity protections and exposing sensitive data to hackers, foreign intelligence services, and criminal networks.
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Flock’s Surveillance Storm: Error-Ridden Cameras Ignite Bipartisan Backlash – Web Pro News
Flock Safety’s AI cameras, scanning billions of license plates monthly, face mounting bipartisan backlash over errors, privacy breaches, and security flaws. Incidents of wrongful accusations and unauthorized data access have united critics, prompting contract cancellations and calls for federal probes. This surveillance storm challenges the future of tech-driven policing.
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Flock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone cameras – Ars Technica
Flock Safety—the surveillance company behind the country’s largest network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs)—currently faces attacks on multiple fronts seeking to tear down the invasive and error-prone cameras across the US.
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Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers – Tech Crunch
Lawmakers have called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Flock Safety, a company that operates license plate-scanning cameras, for allegedly failing to implement cybersecurity protections that expose its camera network to hackers and spies.
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Lynnwood’s Flock Cameras Under Fire: Boosting Public Safety or Eroding Privacy in the Fight Against Crime? – Lynnwood Times
The Lynnwood Police Department on Friday, October 24, issued a statement to “address potential misconceptions” of its use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology in response to a recent report by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights.
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Out-of-state agencies used Lynnwood license plate cameras for immigration searches, UW study finds – MLT News
Two external law enforcement agencies accessed Lynnwood’s Flock license plate reader (ALPR) database for immigration-related searches, contradicting state law and promises from the Lynnwood Police Department (LPD) prior to the City Council approving the cameras. Police point to a lack of communication from Flock, stating the breach came by surprise.
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Records: Feds accessed Flock camera info thousands of times in Snohomish County – Herald Net
The rapid spread of Flock Safety cameras throughout Snohomish County has raised questions about who has access to the license plate data and whether police departments have unknowingly violated state law.
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Cities reverse course on automated license plate reader cameras amid privacy concerns – The Record
Cambridge is one of several cities where the Flock Safety cameras — which are now present in thousands of cities across the country — have recently been taken offline.
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Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out – ACLU
The company’s default agreement with police departments grants the company license to share people’s license plate data.
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Flock No! Fear of AI Cameras Brings Hundreds, Including Councilmembers, to Heated Town Hall – WestWord
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s utilization of Flock Safety cameras, which use artificial intelligence to track and collect data by surveilling cars, drew a large and passionate crowd to a town hall hosted on Wednesday, October 22, with many people opposed to the technology.