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What the Flock?
An index of reporting, court records, and public filings showing what happens beyond Flock's public-safety claims. These are the documented problems, mistakes, and abuses that can be easy to miss when the story comes only from the vendor or the agencies using the cameras.
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Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
theintercept.com
A cybersecurity researcher published a map showing more than 170,000 Flock cameras and about 130,000 related devices, roughly 300,000 units total, far above the 120,000 Flock cited publicly. The locations came from an unauthenticated access token that exposed Flock's ArcGIS records in late 2025. Flock has said it never had a data breach, and a firm acting for the company has demanded the map be taken down.
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Flock Camera Hacked, Data on Thousands of Vehicles Retrieved
texasscorecard.com
A hacker group calling itself stegan0gram physically removed and reverse engineered a Flock camera, sharing methods and data with media. Wired reported the device logged 21 days of activity covering about 50,200 vehicles, and that its software detects people in images, though no facial recognition was found. Flock called the tampering illegal and pointed to its vulnerability disclosure process. Several Texas cities have recently cancelled or paused Flock contracts.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
404media.co
Hackers removed a Flock camera, copied its storage, and recovered an on-device encryption key, sharing the files with 404 Media and WIRED. Analysis showed the software explicitly detects people as well as vehicles, plates, and bicycles, and logged about 50,200 vehicles and 1.6 million images over roughly 21 days. Reporters found no active face recognition, and the plate detector sometimes cropped bumper stickers and a flag patch.
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We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds.
youtube.com
A video posted by Benn Jordan is titled as a demonstration of gaining access to Flock Safety cameras in under 30 seconds. The available page text consists only of the title and a sponsor message for Ground News, so no findings, methods, or Flock response are described in the accessible material.