What does FLOCK stand for? Is it an acronym, the name of a company, or something else? It would be helpful not to assume everyone is familiar with terms like this.
Flock Safety is the name of the company that makes these cameras and sells subscriptions to their online services. They use bird names for each of their camera products, like Falcon and Raven. It’s not supposed to be all-capitalized.
Re: Flock cameras: I don’t believe that these cameras won’t be accessible to the feds, which would be kinda sorta ok if we weren’t facing the prospect of a fascist state. Losing battle, I suspect. But no data centers! No detention facilities!
This is a big deal from local CBS affiliate: The Mountain View Police Department is suspending the use of automated license plate reader cameras after the discovery of unauthorized access to data by federal and state agencies, the Northern California town’s police chief said on Monday.
On Jan. 30, the city said an audit of its ALPR system showed that Flock Safety had set its cameras to a "nationwide" setting without MVPD's permission or knowledge, and that hundreds of federal and state law enforcement agencies had accessed the city's data.
What does FLOCK stand for? Is it an acronym, the name of a company, or something else? It would be helpful not to assume everyone is familiar with terms like this.
Flock Safety is the name of the company that makes these cameras and sells subscriptions to their online services. They use bird names for each of their camera products, like Falcon and Raven. It’s not supposed to be all-capitalized.
Thanks Elliott. Much appreciated.
I’ll add this as a footnote. Thanks!
Re: Flock cameras: I don’t believe that these cameras won’t be accessible to the feds, which would be kinda sorta ok if we weren’t facing the prospect of a fascist state. Losing battle, I suspect. But no data centers! No detention facilities!
We link to that in the article, look for the December 2024 link, when the original proposal was in front of Council.
This is a big deal from local CBS affiliate: The Mountain View Police Department is suspending the use of automated license plate reader cameras after the discovery of unauthorized access to data by federal and state agencies, the Northern California town’s police chief said on Monday.
On Jan. 30, the city said an audit of its ALPR system showed that Flock Safety had set its cameras to a "nationwide" setting without MVPD's permission or knowledge, and that hundreds of federal and state law enforcement agencies had accessed the city's data.
In a letter to the community, Mountain View Police Chief Mike Canfield said he decided to turn off all Flock Safety ALPR cameras in the Silicon Valley hub because he no longer has confidence in the system: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mountain-view-alpr-cameras-use-suspended-automated-license-plate-reader/