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A City Canceled Flock's Contract. Flock Ignored It. Police Chief Unplugged Them

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A City Canceled Flock's Contract. Flock Ignored It. Police Chief Unplugged Them

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 6 days ago
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My City Canceled Flock's Contract. Flock Ignored It, So the Police Chief Unplugged the Cameras
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Plymouth canceled its contract after Flock cameras wrongly flagged me. A month later, the company still won't say when it'll remove the hardware.

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  • moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
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    Sounds like flock is probably selling the data to third parties as a major revenue stream

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      to palantir AI, one of the flocks investors is thiel.

    • alexquiniou@lemmy.zip
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      Same business as tv.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    unplugged? bro they’re just bolted to a pole, cut the hose ties, dump 'em in a box, and tell flock if they want their hardware back it’s sitting in a box on the corner of 24th ave and gofuckyourself lane

    • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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      Or just root around in the SSD and see what they’re up to.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        man that would be fun

        • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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          https://cybernews.com/privacy/hackers-flock-teardown-encryption-key-secrets/

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            great link!

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      i heard they reinstall as soon as someone cuts it down

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        then arrest the installers :D

    • moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
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      That’s more work. Police are lazy and overstaffed.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        yeah and probably banking overtime

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    Issue a removal notice then start fining

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    https://archive.ph/b68YR

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