from the we-can-perv-it-for-you-wholesale dept

Flock Safety’s reputation is in tatters, thanks in large part to its own actions . First sold as a high-tech add-on for homeowners’ associations and gated communities , it soon spread to law enforcement agencies and the cities that employ them. Promising plenty of access to an existing network of privately-owned cameras, Flock insinuated — if not actually stated as much — that cities buying its systems would have access to recordings and ALPR records gathered elsewhere in the nation.

That has largely proven to be true.…