The Surveillance State's Slippery Slope: Why Flock's AI Powered Cameras Are a Concern for Civil Liberties In recent months, a string of coordinated attacks on surveillance cameras has been reported in several American cities, including Houston, Minnesota, California, and Georgia.
These incidents have left proponents of the systems scrambling to explain why their supposed crime fighting tools are being sabotaged.
At the center of this controversy is Flock Safety, a company founded in 2017 that provides Automatic Licence Plate Readers (ALPRs) powered by artificial intelligence.