City reveals Flock accessed private cameras during sales demos

An Atlanta suburb learned Flock was using livestreams from a children's gymnastics studio, a pool, and a playground in sales pitches to other cities. Residents are furious but the city renewed its contract with Flock anyway: www.404media.co/city-learns-...

Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock. Do their elected officials care?

Sales employees at Flock have been accessing sensitive cameras in a town to demonstrate the company’s surveillance technology to police around the country. Includes in a children’s gymnastics room, a playground, a school, a Jewish community center, and a pool. www.404media.co/city-learns-...

There's a lot of competition right now for "most evil-villain-y tech company," but man every headline and reporting about Flock certainly shows that Flock is competing hard to top that list: www.404media.co/city-learns-...

Apparently Flock cameras are accessing sensitive locations, including community pools, children’s gymnastics rooms & fitness centers. www.404media.co/city-learns-...

Dunwoody, GA: Flock employees accessed cameras inside a children’s gymnastics room at the Jewish Community Center—as a sales pitch demo for other police depts. Resident exposed it via public records. City renewed the contract anyway. mcsp.short.gy/HQkV

“I think it would go a long way if you just showed up with even a little bit of willingness beyond public comment to listen to people who actually know what they’re talking about …would you put their camera in your child's bedroom?” www.404media.co/city-learns-...

Flock accessed “surveillance tech in a children’s gymnastics room, a playground, a school, a Jewish community center, and a pool” during demos for police departments without the knowledge of the facilities.

I'm beginning to think Flock might not be the "good guys" they portray themselves as... www.404media.co/city-learns-...

City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway www.404media.co/city-learns-...

According to the article, Dunwoody agreed to be a demo partner. Flock gets to put cameras where they want and use them for this purpose. The city has no say over it if they want that discount on the program.

As usual another excellent piece from 404 Media. Their reporting on the ubiquitous use of Flock cameras across the US cis 2nd to none. The story continues with more on Flock and govt employees accessing cameras to watch our children at gymnastics and the pool www.404media.co/city-learns-...

They aren’t using Flock to solve crime. They are using Flock to watch little kids.

We're not watching your kids! We could. But we aren't. At least, officially. www.404media.co/city-learns-...

"Residents of an Atlanta suburb have been rocked ...The cameras accessed have included surveillance tech in a children’s gymnastics room, a playground, a school, a Jewish community center, and a pool." www.404media.co/city-learns-...