Several Massachusetts communities and residents are speaking out against Flock’s outdoor surveillance camera networks, decrying privacy and civil liberties concerns. The backlash comes as law enforcement officers, such as federal immigration agents, have been able to access and share information from the cameras without first obtaining a warrant to do so.
Dustin Weir of Tewksbury spoke to The Boston Globe about the implications of having law enforcement officials access footage from the Flock cameras.
“We use these devices — Ring cameras, cellphones — as consumers. It does generate data that can help law enforcement, but there are guardrails there,” he said. “If a warrant was required for every Flock camera search, then I would have far less of a problem with that. Is taking pictures of every single car in and out of Tewksbury going too far in the balance of our civil liberties versus our security?”…