Flock’s dashcams can’t be legal, judge rules, because they spy on drivers without warrants
A judge has ruled that Flock cameras violate the Fourth Amendment, ordering evidence from an unconstitutional search suppressed.
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Tag: surveillance
Flock Says Its Cameras Helped Solve a Million Crimes — Its Own Data Tells a Narrower Story
Flock's CEO claims tech solved a million crimes, but the census data behind the boast doesn't add up to the headline.
Flock Is Fighting to Keep Its Surveillance Camera Map Online as Privacy Groups Push Back
A map reveals where Flock Security cameras watch you. Now the company demands it be taken offline.
AirTag Found Hidden in Nanny’s Car Turns Out to Belong to Her New Boss
A nanny finds an AirTag planted by her new boss, a tracking device placed without consent, a violation of California law.
MIT Faculty Respond to Campus Surveillance Cameras by… Bedazzling Them
MIT faculty are bedazzling surveillance cameras with glitter gems in protest of the administration's secret AI camera tests.
The Download: India’s Smart Glasses Menace and AI’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble
Smart glasses capture Delhi protesters without consent, sparking transphobic abuse, as AI hyperscalers bet $1 trillion on a payoff that may never come.
Illinois Representative Proposes Ending the Border Surveillance Tower Program
A rep from Illinois proposes ending the billion-dollar border tower program, citing over 1,000 deaths near the towers.
Seattle Mayor Cuts Off Police Chief Mid-Answer During Surveillance Camera Interview
Seattle mayor Katie Wilson cuts off police chief during live interview about surveillance cameras, sparking awkward reaction online.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Will Smith runs from surveillance in a thriller that saw the paranoia coming
Enemy of the State (1998) review: Will Smith and Gene Hackman in Tony Scott's surveillance thriller about a lawyer framed by the NSA.
Hackers Took Down a Flock Camera, Copied Its Data, and Published the Keys
A hacker plucks a Flock camera from above a road and lays bare its trove of images, revealing the secret within surveillance hardware.
Game Reviews6.9/10
The Episodic Stealth Game That Predicted Our Surveillance Decade
République hands you a surveillance network and asks you to use it for good. A review of Camouflaj's stealth-adventure and its uneven five-episode run.
Dystopian Surveillance Is Becoming a Reality
A chronicle of the dread devices that never cease their listening, nor spare the innocent tongue of the unsuspecting.