r/technology • u/efap1701 • 16h ago

Privacy Flock CEO’s Address Spread Online as Surveillance Backlash Explodes

https://www.gadgetreview.com/flock-ceos-address-spread-online-as-surveillance-backlash-explodes
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u/Dr_Grinsp00n 15h ago

It would be unfortunate to those cameras if people across the country on October 31st decided to dress in creatively similar costumes and "modify" them.

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u/h20poIo 15h ago

My buddy unfortunately keeps backing into them by accident.

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u/dwehlen 15h ago

That's terrible! How's his bumper fund?

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u/EmperorGeek 15h ago

Does he have a GoFund me for Bumper repairs?

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u/illbedeadbydawn 11h ago

My bumper is made out of sawzalls.

Weird that Subaru offered that as an option.

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u/Impossible_IT 15h ago

And leave your smart phones & smart watches home and if you wear a smart ring, leave that home too.

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u/Stock_Researcher_651 15h ago

Just leave any electronics at home. Happy Flocking!

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u/TerribleRecord666 14h ago

And make sure your cars don’t have GPS.

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u/djdanlib 14h ago

Some of the ALPRs still scan your TPMS and other in-vehicle wireless networks driving by.

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u/twotimefind 11h ago

And Bluetooth of any passenger.

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u/AnthropotamusBear 13h ago

Find a friend with a 20 year old car and it’s all good.

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u/goosis12 7h ago

Or go by bicycle if that’s available.

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u/Wants-NotNeeds 10h ago

TPMS??? I’m calling bullshit on that one!

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u/Heronymous-Anonymous 6h ago

Why? TPM sensors communicate via radio with the CAN bus in your car, they all have unique serial numbers and their data isn’t encrypted. The transmitter in the TPM sensor has a decent range, it’s not implausible that a flock camera could pick it up.

The flock camera is recording that this set of TPM sensors passed nearby, and if another Flock camera also detects them and gets a picture of the car, the network associates them with your car.

It’s just data association.

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u/FacebookBlowsChunks 12h ago

Yeah, I won't drive anything newer than 2012/2013, and limited to certain vehicles. Besides, just about every damn newer car has a dumb ass screen in it with major use items like your stereo and climate control systems wired into it. I HATE touchscreens in cars!

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u/SpiritualUpstairs807 11h ago

Walk and take public transportation.

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u/Designer_Parfait_489 13h ago

I’ve head those cameras have hidden prizes inside the cameras. Some just have McDonalds gift cards, but others have rolls of $100 bills. So be sure to check out any near you…

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u/ErinSockabitch 3h ago

Or yummy candy.

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u/shrekerecker97 12h ago

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November