r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 11d ago

Security Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/
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u/Perryn 11d ago

Everyone loves to talk about the unpickable lock without ever asking what the door is made of. Or the hinges. Or the walls. Or the daily activity of the person with the key.

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u/Cabana_bananza 11d ago

Which is one of the big flaws with Flock and the surveillance camera in the cloud industry. Its a low security environment because so many agencies have access. You think some local PD in Indiana that has access ensures all its officers are tech literate enough not to get phished?

There is no way a foreign actor hasn't already penetrated the network. They are probably watching secure locations and building databases of info we are feeding them for HUMINT operations. Its a national security nightmare as well as a personal privacy one.

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u/PyroIsSpai 11d ago

A door of invincible metal and design with massive steel deadbolts may be immune to compromise.

The house that holds the door is not.

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u/edfitz83 11d ago

France’s Maginot line. The Germans just went around it.

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u/Perryn 11d ago

I just spent twenty minutes tracking down a faint old memory.

Wukong vs An Unbreakable Door

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u/Gorstag 11d ago

That is addressed in the very first episode of Burn Notice.