Ars Technica confirms cameras detect people, not just cars
5 Sep 17 5:43 AM · 7d ago · 1 article · 9 posts · 6 comments · 4 sources · development 5 of 6
Follow-up reporting corroborated that the hacked camera's software identifies pedestrians in addition to vehicles, broadening the scope of what Flock's system is shown to capture.
stegan0gram Hacker collectiveMicah Flee Independent security researcherFlock Safety Manufacturer of the ALPR camera404 Media / WIRED Journalists who broke the joint investigationDDoSecrets Data leak publisher
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What was reported 3 claims about this development
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first by New Republic, 7d ago · also Wired, Beehaw, Straight Arrow
3 more headlines
- Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works Wired · 7d ago
- Hackers stole a Flock camera. Here's what they found inside Straight Arrow · 7d ago
- Hacked Data Shows What Flock Cameras Really Record—and It's Terrifying New Republic · 7d ago
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first by Mastodon, 6d ago
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first by Ars Technica, 7d ago
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RE: https:// infosec.exchange/@micahflee/11 7282688510612709 *Jabba the Hut laugh* ho ho ho ho Flock API key = НаJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3МНgT9X7Ft27eVaD https:// ddosecrets.org/article/flock-a lpr-camera
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Code is often commented in a way that naturally tells the developer what it's doing. Many devs prefer clear and concise comments to document their work, their comments are quite literal: 'This creates thus and such structure' 'this passes a variable from that structure.' 'this destroys that structure after variable has been passed'. Other coders…
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> Oh, if the vuln about configuration and hardening "preferences" like SSL/TSL - Sorry, not interested.> And also, infrastructure vulnerabilities like DNS config - no no, try harder.It's understandable. If you have or manage a website you will receive daily emails (the kind that start with 'Hello sir') about automated scans finding low-hanging…
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🚨 404 Media and WIRED report that hackers reverse-engineered a Flock camera, recovered its encryption key, and uncovered software tracking vehicles, people, bicycles and more—raising fresh questions about mass surveillance. 🛰️ # FlockSafety # Surveillance # Cybersecurity https://www. 404media.co/hackers-stole-floc…
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“404 Media also revealed that a cop in Texas searched Flock cameras nationwide for a woman who self-administered an abortion.” Well that’s some evil christofascist abuse of power shit right there.
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I for one welcome the incompetence. Godspeed to whoever is able to deploy a build to the whole device fleet that burns SoM boot protection fuses to an image that doesn't do anything hard bricking their entire network.
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hey is there someone already running a fedi server on a Flock camera? https:// micahflee.com/flock-cameras-ar e-riddled-with-security-vulnerabilities-and-hard-coded-credentials/
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Exactly. The scary part isn't any single bug, it's the mismatch between the sensitivity of the system and the apparent security model
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"The camera’s logs also show the camera struggling with storage. Its logs recorded more than 27,000 “no space left on device” errors while trying to save full-resolution images, along with tens of thousands of related errors, crashes, and reboots. At the same time, about every two minutes, code checked that the camera was still running and logged…
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And this seems designed around the assumption that the physical camera can be trusted indefinitely
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