On Flock License Plate Tracking Cameras
2026-07-20T19:23:41Z•133de9505db9fd3a3f42c1ae0e365876415db63d3f883d8d0cbddc871fd72740
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What happened
Collection of Schneier blog posts highlighting multiple privacy and security risks: a viral case where Flock license-plate cameras/ALPR misread a nonstandard plate format and produced false hits that led to mistaken tracking and an arrest (demonstrating AI/ALPR false positives and law-enforcement reliance); a disclosed Squid proxy bug (“Squidbleed”) that can leak HTTP requests; a report that FIFA’s network had trivial access-related vulnerabilities; research on a new Fourier pixel that enables displays to act as cameras (novel hardware that raises surveillance/embedded-sensor risks); and wider
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- 2026-07-20T19:23:41Z
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- Yes
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