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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:14:04 JST AI6YR Ben

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   "...Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and WIRED, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people. The hackers say they are also publishing details on how they managed to obtain the software, in the hopes that other people may copy them.

   The breach provides an unprecedented look inside a system that Flock has described as protected by on-device encryption. The hackers were able to copy the camera’s storage and recover an encryption key stored on the device, which unlocked videos of thousands of vehicle detections..."

   https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/

   #alpr #flock #privacy

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     Kevin Russell (kevinrns@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:14:04 JST Kevin Russell

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     @ai6yr

     And they have RAM chips. Does that make them more of a target?

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:21:26 JST Steve's Place

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     • Legit_Spaghetti

     @clickhere @Legit_Spaghetti @ai6yr Oh, great. Now I have to move the spare keys I kept under my doormat and a conspicuously nearby potted plant.

     I'll re-hide them on the door frame and windowsill.

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     What Ever Happened to Baby Joan? (clickhere@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:21:28 JST What Ever Happened to Baby Joan?

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     • Legit_Spaghetti

     @Legit_Spaghetti Haha - yes!! I was thinking key-under-the-plant-pot. 😄 (Great minds, etc.)

     @ai6yr

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     Legit_Spaghetti (legit_spaghetti@mastodo.neoliber.al)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:21:29 JST Legit_Spaghetti

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     • What Ever Happened to Baby Joan?

     @clickhere @ai6yr This is like the infosec equivalent of cleverly hiding the key to your house under your doormat.

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     What Ever Happened to Baby Joan? (clickhere@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:21:30 JST What Ever Happened to Baby Joan?

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     @ai6yr

     "an encryption key stored on the device"

     I am in no way a security expert, and I have my head in my hands here..

     (Anyway. Couldn't happen to a bigger bunch of bastards.)

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     CM Thiede (cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:47:07 JST CM Thiede

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     • GhostOnTheHalfShell

     @GhostOnTheHalfShell @ai6yr thanks to 9/11 we had to do away with all our privacy in the name of national security. It's been a downhill slide ever since.

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:47:08 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     It’s important to remember that flock isn’t the only company doing this. Another major company is axon.

     The assault is not from flock. The assault is on our personal privacy, on our solitude on the right and expectation to be left the fuck alone.

     What we need is a fucking privacy law that makes invasion of privacy, including the devices in our homes illegal, and forces them to be shut down

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 07:48:39 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     • CM Thiede

     @cmthiede @ai6yr

     The assault did surge in earnest around 911.

     Funny thing is, we’re still Kissy Kissy with Saudi Arabia, where almost all of the participants were indoctrinated and came from

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 08:08:23 JST AI6YR Ben

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     (unsurprisingly... not too far from garden variety TensorFlow image recognition).

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     CM Thiede (cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 08:17:31 JST CM Thiede

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     • ozeng

     @ozeng @GhostOnTheHalfShell @ai6yr the opportunists struck hard, using "patriotism" as a front

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     ozeng (ozeng@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 08:17:32 JST ozeng

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     • CM Thiede

     @cmthiede @GhostOnTheHalfShell @ai6yr “had to” was a highly successful narrative. The USA could have continued life defiantly, changing very little, but it chose to jail itself to absolve the fear/paranoia it felt.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 09:11:47 JST AI6YR Ben

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     • CM Thiede

     @cmthiede @GhostOnTheHalfShell Like billionaires, Saudi Arabia has money... therefore, is apparently immune to consequences

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 09:11:47 JST Steve's Place

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     • CM Thiede

     @ai6yr @cmthiede @GhostOnTheHalfShell That, and the Bush family did business with the Bin Ladens, and allowed them to fly, exclusively, out of the party places in the US on 9/11/2001, and off to wherever they wanted to go except here. Our Constitution was burned by the politicians who exploited a most convenient coincidence with deep family ties to another Republican White House.

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     CM Thiede (cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 09:11:47 JST CM Thiede

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     • Steve's Place

     @steter @ai6yr @GhostOnTheHalfShell the Bush family did business with Nazi Germany too, surprise, surprise, this dynasty crap needs to end.

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     CM Thiede (cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 09:11:48 JST CM Thiede

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     • GhostOnTheHalfShell

     @GhostOnTheHalfShell @ai6yr One helluva way to grab a seat at the table.