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Parent Post: The cameras are unencrypted, wirelessly reachable, and nobody can tell you who has been looking
j.k.harwood2
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8/12/2026, 1:05:07 AM
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A person standing in the same place as the camera could take notes all day legally, taking pictures of everything in public. I don't see the problem.
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chrisvpnet
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8/12/2026, 1:54:57 AM
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It's a lot more than that... they are recording everything about the car itself, but also bumper stickers, which for many people reveals their religious or political affiliations, hobbies, and other personal information. It's put into a database than can be searched by law enforcement nationwide. A cop in Florida can look up plates of someone in Oregon. To date, at least 50 officers have been arrested for using Flock's database to stalk people. A Flock executive was caught watching live video feed of children's gymnastics classes ***OVER 1000 TIMES***. The technology is wildly inaccurate, leading to many improper stops, and when they show up on the stolen vehicle list, they are often ordered out of the car with guns drawn - completely innocent people... https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/flock-camera-mistake-causes-police-172324052.html But they solve crimes, right? Well... it's complicated. There still isn't a single independent study that shows Flock cameras led to increased arrests or successful prosecutions or a reduction in crime. But, there have been many cities that tried it and saw crime go UP and found it more difficult to keep up with the case load because of the sheer volume of useless data it generates that someone has to look through. The cons list is very long. We're still waiting for confirmation that a pros list even exists.
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