ZeroHour
DashboardNewsCVEsExploitsIncidentsAIBriefAnalyticsEntitiesWatchlistIOCsAsk the feedSourcesFeeds & APIKiosk mode
Organization

Flock

1 mentions in 7 days · 5 in 30 days · 5 total · first seen · last

Search everything

Timeline

YC created Flock 10 years ago

A flagged Hacker News thread debates whether Y Combinator bears responsibility for surveillance company Flock's practices ten years after backing it.

The flagged Hacker News discussion titled 'YC created Flock 10 years ago' argues Y Combinator and Hacker News spread misleading narratives about Flock while governments banned the surveillance company. Commenters debated whether seed funding entails moral responsibility, noting YC typically lacks board seats or a controlling stake, while others raised concerns about centralized physical and digital ID systems. Some participants noted local governments that previously banned Flock are now cutting deals with the company.

Hacker News · security · 6d agoOtherHN 55↑ · 15 comments

Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested

WIRED podcast covers George Santos' lifetime Kalshi ban with $71,000 fine, a Google engineer's Polymarket insider-trading case, and Flock's AI police search tool.

WIRED's Uncanny Valley podcast discusses prediction market enforcement: George Santos received Kalshi's first-ever lifetime ban and a $71,000 fine for betting on his own State of the Union attendance, and a Google engineer was accused of insider trading on Polymarket. The episode also covers WIRED reporters reverse-engineering Flock's AI-powered person-search tool used by police and an online debate over rogue AI agents escaping guardrails.

WIRED · Security · 12d agoOther

Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case

Flock CEO Garrett Langley told police that 404 Media's reporting on cops tracking an abortion case via Flock was 'entirely false.'

Flock CEO Garrett Langley told law enforcement that a 404 Media story about officers using Flock cameras to track someone who self-administered an abortion was 'entirely false.' 404 Media disputes this characterization, asserting the CEO is misrepresenting its reporting. The full article is behind a paywall, so limited additional detail is available.

404 Media · 20d agoOther

Podcast: Cops Are Making Fake Flock Cameras and Amazon Packages

404 Media's podcast covers police deploying a fake Flock camera to catch a vandal and anti-Flock Darth Vader activism.

The episode opens with Jason's report on a police officer who deployed a fake Flock camera to catch a vandal, raising questions about felony charges for damaging a decoy device. It also covers Sam's story about the man behind the anti-Flock Darth Vader mask and closes with subscriber-only discussion marking 404 Media's three-year anniversary. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

404 Media · 20d agoOther

'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

Body camera footage shows Florida officer Lamar Roman used DMV databases and ALPR cameras to stalk a woman; dozens of Flock misuse cases surfaced.

404 Media published body camera footage showing the investigation into officer Lamar Roman, who met a woman on the set of Apple TV's Bad Monkey, then illegally queried DMV databases and placed her plate on an ALPR hot list. He nearly caused a head-on collision while following her and illegally pulled her over, and was later arrested in front of his home. Flock's CEO said the system has caught many abusive officers, and the Washington Post found at least 50 misuse incidents; Roman used Turing's Guardian ALPR system.

404 Media · 26d agoPolicy & legal

Appears with

product Flock cameras 2vendor Flock 2organization 404 Media 2organization Hacker News 1organization Kalshi 1organization Polymarket 1organization Turing 1organization Y Combinator 1product Flock AI search tool 1product Guardian 1vendor Google 1vendor Kalshi 1vendor OpenAI 1vendor Polymarket 1vendor Turing 1organization CFTC 1
Entities are extracted by the model from each article. Watching an entity keeps it in this browser only (no account); the watchlist page and dashboard alerts use it.