Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people

Hackers identifying as stegan0gram said they recovered and reverse-engineered Flock surveillance cameras, accessed the Android system, found unencrypted partitions (including a media partition) and an encryption key that unlocked stored images and video. The report also highlights Flock’s national license-plate camera network—whose records are searchable by thousands of agencies—and prior reporting of misuse by law enforcement, underscoring significant privacy and data-exposure risks.