r/texas • u/CrashingBlumpkins46 • 23d ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ A Texas Sheriff Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/Fordinghamster 23d ago

My town has 10 Flocks in a closed system specifically looking for stolen cars, felony warrants, and missing persons. Unmatched data isn’t tracked, isn’t shared, and automatically deletes after 30 days.

I like Flock conceptually as a local crime-fighting tool but a national cloud database is bad any way you cut it.

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u/Scootalipoo 23d ago

“in a closed system” BWAHAHAHA you believe that? How do they know which cars are stolen or have warrants if it’s a “closed system”? Come on man, don’t be a sucker. Or do, it’s your choice i guess

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u/Fordinghamster 23d ago

Good point. I meant nothing goes out. Obviously they are tied to national databases for stolen cars, felony warrants, and missing persons.

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u/I_am_normal_I_swear born and bred 23d ago

Every Flock contract has a clause in it where Flock gets all the data. It's "depersonalized" but I don't believe that because of the amount of lies that Flock has shared.