Authorities say Flock cameras' data allegedly used for immigration enforcement

gleenn

It's surprising to me this is news. Governments buy and install this equipment and it flags license plates and anyone thought that wouldn't be used for things like immigration control? I'm not saying it's right, just that it's shocking people wouldn't realize that.

runjake

It's likely on the backend that this is "completely lawful" and was used for "lawful purposes" as deemed by the current US administration. There's probably even subpoenas on the backend. Flock is required to comply with "lawful" requests and seems happy to do so. This is largely the same for all major cloud camera operators. See also: Verkada and their facial recognition. These things are installed all over the place in public areas. And you think their facial recognition is compartmentalized to their specific tenant?

JumpCrisscross

Does Flock have a competitor who can undercut it on price and provide entirely local data storage and management (or a zero-knowledge cloud)?

JohnMakin

This should not be flagged. @dang

tencentshill

Ohio dot news doesn't sound credible. Nothing on the About page. https://www.ohio.news/about/ . One email contact for statenewsdesk.com, the only indication about who might run this website. WHOIS entirely redacted. I'll assume it's a foreign influence operation until they put some names and faces out there.

ChrisArchitect

Source: https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton-suspends-flock-... Other coverage: Dayton mayor demands accountability after plate-reader data breach https://www.wdtn.com/news/mayor-commissioner-demand-alpr-dat...

josefritzishere

Flagged? It's genuinely market relevant that Flock is used so frequently for crime.