Stored Information Within Flock Cameras Found Unprotected, Unencrypted
Recent reporting by information technology journalists now indicate Flock cameras are unprotected by security features Flock asserted guarded footage saved by the cameras. Several ways of accessing information stored on Flock cameras and accessible through several remote programs are accessible without any special security instruments, such as encryption or code. Rather, the information, including full images of vehicles and license plates, is instead directly visible to anyone who has access to the Flock internet accessed applications, webpages, or the physical cameras.
Additionally, the same investigations have also uncovered those using webpages, applications, and camera software associated with the Flock cameras can access searches throughout the database nationally without providing a cause by using bypass words or phrases. These databases accessed also possess software connected to so called Artificial Intelligence, AI, data compilation, which allows these unauthorized searches to include, arrest records, ballistics data, police case files, 911 logs, and commercial identity databases including Social Security numbers, birth dates, and known relatives.
Sources:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/hackers-cracked-flock-camera-inside-142232729.html
https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-flock-camera-data-shows-how-system-works/