Hawley STUNNED by How Easily Hacker @BennJordan Accessed Flock Cameras

Our Take

When a hacker can waltz into infrastructure that's supposedly tracking every car on the road for law enforcement, that's not a minor bug report — it's a five-alarm fire. Mrs. Dave the Lawyer's clip of researcher Benn Jordan walking Senator Hawley through what he found in Flock Safety's systems is worth watching precisely because it comes from someone with the technical chops to know the difference between a theoretical risk and an actual open door.

This is the part of the ALPR debate that gets buried under marketing copy about 'stopping crime': these cameras aren't just watching you, they're storing your movements in databases that, as this testimony suggests, may not be nearly as locked down as the companies claim. A system that can be hacked isn't just a privacy risk from the government — it's a privacy risk from literally anyone with the skill to get in. Mass surveillance infrastructure built on shaky security is the worst of both worlds.

We don't have the full transcript and we're not going to pretend we do — watch the embedded video and judge the testimony for yourself. But if a congressional hearing is now openly discussing how easily these networks can be compromised, that should settle any remaining argument that Flock's cameras are a low-risk, high-reward tool. Check our map to see if one's already watching your street, and hit take action if you want to push back.