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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days agoAI-powered surveillance company will continue to monitor Oakland's streets
The city will stick with a surveillance company that scans license plates to help law enforcement catch criminal suspects, a dramatic reversal of an earlier vote that had rejected the firm's new $2 million contract. The company, Flock Safety, will maintain an existing network of 300 cameras to monitor the city's busiest streets and local state highways for up to two years while the Oakland Police Department conducts a competitive search for a long-term vendor.
Privacy technologies
Privacy technologies
fromSun Sentinel
4 days ago'Creeped out' or crime solvers? License plate readers in South Florida a controversial tool
South Florida law enforcement deploys Flock Safety license-plate recognition cameras linked to a national database and AI to capture and search detailed vehicle data.
Privacy technologies
fromTruthout
3 weeks agoA Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US
Flock Safety deploys AI-enabled license-plate cameras across tens of thousands of locations, enabling mass warrantless tracking by police and private clients, raising serious privacy concerns.
US politics
fromTechCrunch
1 month agoLawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers | TechCrunch
Flock Safety's license-plate camera network lacks required multi-factor authentication, potentially exposing billions of scanned images to hackers, spies, and compromised law enforcement logins.
fromArs Technica
2 months agoRing cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement
According to Flock's announcement, its Ring partnership allows local law enforcement members to use Flock software "to send a direct post in the Ring Neighbors app with details about the investigation and request voluntary assistance." Requests must include "specific location and timeframe of the incident, a unique investigation code, and details about what is being investigated," and users can look at the requests anonymously, Flock said.
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