Turns out anyone with an internet connection, and not even a password, could access the feeds of a line of the Flock surveillance cameras that are currently all the rage with the SFPD and Oakland Police Department.
Below we see pictured what is likely one of those Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras, one of the 400 of these new security cameras in SF that are are taking three million surveillance photos every day. To hear SFPD tell it, these Flock Safety cameras have been an absolute godsend for catching carjacking suspects and other criminals, and they’re supposedly a huge driver of SF’s recent notable drop in crime rates.
The Oakland Police Department also loves their Flock Safety license plate reader cameras too, and the Oakland City Council just approved a $2 million contract renewal with Flock to keep using those cameras, albeit in a meeting that will probably be remembered for different reasons.
So there is certainly some utility to these Flock surveillance cameras. And as the Trump’s administration indulges in its spending spree on surveillance of US citizens for ICE and police state purposes, Flock Safety is a company positioned to do very well for themselves right now…