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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

www.404media.co English

https://web.archive.org/web/20260916132129/https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/

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    While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14 days

      Flock insists its cameras do not perform face recognition. WIRED and 404 Media found no evidence of any face-recognition capabilities in the camera’s software beyond ones included by default in the Android operating system. Those capabilities did not appear to be enabled or in active use.

      No, the servers the images are sent to do. Weasel words.

        • violentfart@lemmy.world
          14 days

          Reminds me of that time our product caught fire because of a damaged battery, and the suits bullied the in-house regulator for an hour until he officially recorded it as not using the word “fire”

            • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
              14 days

              An…in-house regulator? What an absolutely bullshit thing to call a CYA stooge lol.

              • IMALlama@lemmy.world
                14 days

                Ah, a thermal event. The company I work for had a similar policy, but we’re now free to say the f-word again.

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