Flock Safety Cameras Follow Pedestrians, Researcher Says
A security researcher identified dozens of publicly accessible feeds where AI zooms in on walking individuals, contradicting the company's privacy claims.
By Sakura Novak ·
Flock Safety cameras are equipped with artificial intelligence that tracks pedestrians as they walk, according to a security researcher. The technology zooms in on individuals regardless of whether they are suspects, a capability that contradicts the company's public stance that its systems do not track people.
Benn Jordan, the researcher who identified the issue, stated that the cameras use AI to follow subjects from one location to another. He found dozens of Flock Safety cameras streaming their footage openly on the internet. Jordan noted that the system quite literally uses AI to zoom in and follow people around, whether they are a person of interest or not.
The company's own training materials show police officers using the system to track suspects across multiple locations. This internal documentation highlights a gap between how the technology is marketed to the public and how it is deployed in the field.
The expansion of these camera networks has raised privacy concerns for everyday drivers and walkers. As the number of cameras capturing vehicle information increases, the potential for misuse grows alongside the hardware installation.
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