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What's Inside a Flock Camera?

CCTVplanner · 6 days ago

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What a public teardown found inside a Flock Falcon plate reader: a solar panel, a lithium battery of about 205 Wh, a Qualcomm board running Android, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an LTE modem. Sources: CEHRP teardown, Flock Safety FAQ. Full 11-minute documentary: https://youtu.be/1lVCyxL9tEo #flock #privacy #surveillance

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

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