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Flock's insane defense to published vulnerabilities.

Benn Jordan · 2 months ago

The short version: Benn Jordan highlights researcher-verified security flaws in Flock's ALPR system and Flock's dismissive response, raising fresh doubts about the network's safety.

Our Take

Benn Jordan's latest video digs into something we've been saying for a while: Flock Safety's massive camera network isn't just a privacy problem, it's a security problem. When vulnerabilities get flagged by MITRE, DHS, independent journalists, and a pile of researchers, that's not a fringe complaint — that's a chorus of credible voices telling you the system storing millions of Americans' movements has holes in it.

What's most telling isn't the bugs themselves, it's how Flock reportedly responded. A company that markets itself as the trusted backbone of public safety infrastructure should be racing to patch and disclose, not spinning PR. If the response is defensiveness instead of accountability, that tells you everything about how seriously they take the data they're hoarding on your daily movements — data that police, and apparently anyone who finds the right exploit, can potentially access.

This is exactly why we keep pushing people to see how close this surveillance is to their own front door. Check our camera map to find Flock installations near you, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has concrete steps for getting these cameras questioned, audited, or removed. Credit to Benn Jordan for putting receipts on the table — go watch the full breakdown.

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Benn Jordan, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.