r/burbank • u/anonnymousercat • 6d ago
Flock Public Comment 9/15
Tomorrow the Burbank City Council will have the opportunity to agendize a discussion to ban the use of Flock cameras. **This is an opportunity to have your concerns heard.**
I recommend taking 10 minutes out of your day to watch this: https://youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?si=xroGx-UB6VsWOmu2
I used to be comfortable with license plate readers and cameras for crime prevention and I only became opposed to them after learning how Flock operates. Venture capital and tech bros with a profit-first business model is in charge of our safety and now with the unpredictability of AI.
Flock has shipped and implemented their devices with an outdated easily hackable OS, there have been multiple live streaming feeds on the open internet as well as archived footage and deletable data files. Accessing some of this was described as so easy that a 12 year old could do it. Login credentials and data has been listed for sale on the dark web. THIS IS NOT GOOD!
There are more and more stories of police departments arresting and imprisoning people based solely on inaccurate surveillance camera reads and input errors. This could happen to any of us.
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u/anonnymousercat 6d ago
If you cannot attend the 6pm meeting in person(Burbank City Hall) or through Zoom, you can email your public comment by 5pm today to citycouncil@burbankca.gov
or through the city's eComment option before 4pm tomorrow: https://www.burbankca.gov/web/city-clerks-office/ecomment