Flock cameras are tracking people as well as cars
Investigations found Flock cameras detect people, hackers recovered on-device encryption keys to unlock videos, and DC police tracked officers via Flock data.
A joint 404 Media and WIRED investigation, based on a physically removed Flock camera whose storage hackers copied, found on-device software models that detect people as well as vehicles and bicycles, and a recovered encryption key unlocked thousands of vehicle detection videos despite Flock's on-device encryption claims. No evidence was found that face-recognition features were actively used. Separately, Washington DC's police union says the Metropolitan Police Department used Flock data to track officers under Internal Affairs investigation without their knowledge, and WIRED found Alpharetta, Georgia records were accessible to more than 2,000 agencies.
- Hackers copied a removed camera's storage and recovered an encryption key, unlocking thousands of videos.
- On-device software models detect people, not just vehicles and license plates.
- DC police union says MPD tracked officers under Internal Affairs investigation using Flock data.
- Alpharetta, Georgia camera records were accessible to over 2,000 agencies.
- No evidence facial recognition was actively used.
- Vendors
- Flock Safety
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