A group of hackers ripped down a Flock camera and stole its data, finding that the cameras’ software can generate dozens of images from a single passing vehicle to develop its signature. The group, called stegan0gram, shared findings with Wired and 404 Media, who ran a joint investigation. The outlets found that in a 21-day...
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Hackers rip down a Flock camera, prove it tracks cars exactly as the unused bill already warned
“They already told you what it does — it's in the bill, filed, public, sitting there — and the cities bought more of them anyway. That pole isn't reading your plate, it's building a file on your car, dozens of pictures off one drive-by, and there's a fix sitting in Congress nobody's touched since the day it landed. Every camera on every corner is a receipt somebody's keeping, and it isn't you.”
“These cameras close cases, full stop — ask any department that's used plate data to catch a real suspect, that's just good policing. And look, the bill's sponsor happens to be one of ours, but that's a fringe read, most of the conference is fine with the tool — did I just say we're fine with a federal camera dossier on every driver? That's not — let me circle back on that.”
The receipts
· Massie unveils Flock-Off Act aimed at restricting surveillance cameras from the morgue, 3 Sep 2026
· Massie unveils 'Flock off' bill aimed at restricting surveillance cameras from the morgue, 3 Sep 2026
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