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fromTechCrunch
6 hours ago

Lawmakers 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.
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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
8 hours ago
Law

License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People

Law enforcement ran hundreds of ALPR searches using racist terms targeting Romani people, often without any mention of criminal activity.
#license-plate-readers
fromBoston.com
4 days ago
Privacy technologies

Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company's plate-reader camera

fromBoston.com
4 days ago
Privacy technologies

Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company's plate-reader camera

fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Ring 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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fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras

fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras

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