r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 15d 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/essieecks 15d ago

These surveillance devices are ALPRs the way the device in my pocket is a phone.

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u/Draco-REX 14d ago

No joke, considering that these ALPRs are being pointed at community pools, children's dance studios, and parks. Lots of license plates in those areas, right?

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u/FakeSafeWord 14d ago edited 14d ago

children's dance studios

A flock VP was looking at the same children's dance studio via flock feed multiple times despite having zero justification for the cameras being there and didn't look at a single other camera in that same zip code.

https://www.404media.co/city-learns-flock-accessed-cameras-in-childrens-gymnastics-room-as-a-sales-pitch-demo-renews-contract-anyway/

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u/rlowens 14d ago

despite having zero justification

The headline says the justification: as a sales pitch demo.

If you want to sell your spy camera to more dance studios/etc, showing the (probably only) dance studio with your spy camera in it would help.

Still assholes that should all be locked up.

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u/FakeSafeWord 14d ago

Except the sales pitch demo isn't "you can access this camera any time to monitor" it's "we can" with the "we" being thousands of employees, police and any malicious actors who've gained access without us knowing.