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Flock Safety cameras track people despite company claims, researcher says

Security researcher Benn Jordan found dozens of Flock cameras streaming openly online, and its own training videos show police using the system to follow suspects from location to location.

By Fernando Rojas ·

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Flock Safety says its cameras do not track people. Its own training videos show police using the system to track suspects "from location to location to location," and some of its cameras are designed to follow people as they walk.

Security researcher Benn Jordan found dozens of Flock cameras streaming openly online. "And they quite literally use AI to zoom in and follow you around whether you're a person of interest or not," Jordan said.

Flock Safety is among the camera systems capturing vehicle information across the country. The number of such cameras has multiplied, and privacy concerns have grown alongside them.

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Source: WSMV-TV · original report published

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