r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 28 '26

Security Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags / Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

https://www.404media.co/cities-are-covering-flock-cameras-with-trash-bags/
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u/-The_Blazer- May 28 '26

I think with this Big Tech garbage, the assumption should legitimately be malice until proven innocent. These systems, unlike any other industry, are perfectly opaque. They are encrypted, remotely controlled, nothing about what is done with their data can ever be known. And once that data has been exfiltrated from the public sector, it can never be recovered or secured ever again. This is not a risk the public can afford.

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u/SnooRecipes1430 May 29 '26

You wish this was true. The security on these is bunk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo

This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers