Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/56810574

The article itself is from August, but after seeing Flock cameras at a local Lowe’s store that were missing from the DeFlock map, I thought it’d be worth bringing increased attention to such companies contributing to the propagation of Flock cameras. If there’s a Home Depot or Lowe’s near you that’s not on the DeFlock map already, it might just not have been added yet.

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
    4·
    20 hours ago

    Yeah, I used to install those a couple years ago as a security tech.

    Unless they are at the register, those screens don’t even record back to a central DVR. Just a local SD card inside the screen itself. The only wire running to them is low voltage DC power, no video or network. Those things aren’t really an issue in the grand scheme, they are less intrusive than a regular security camera since you can’t even view them live at the head end.

    Now the bigger ones hanging from a pole in the ceiling, yes those ARE being centrally recorded.

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
      1·
      20 hours ago

      I’m not sure which these were, but either way, I found their presence offensive. Thanks for the information though!