Flock Cameras Are Being Used for Stalking
2026-06-16T19:23:46Z•39a73aa81009ad080ef9e4b0601e29a785eeef24eecceadebadf99a35e1f6198
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What happened
The Schneier Blog collection (June 2026) highlights multiple, intersecting security and privacy issues: law‑enforcement misuse of Flock surveillance cameras to stalk individuals; the FCC proposal to eliminate anonymous/burner phones by forcing carriers to collect government IDs and addresses (major privacy and surveillance implications); Leonardo’s SignalTrace plan to augment ALPRs with Bluetooth/device-identifier sweeps (turning plate readers into person‑tracking sensors); WhatsApp detecting NSO Group spyware activity despite a court order; a critical Zcash Orchard vulnerability that could’ve
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- 2026-06-16T19:23:46Z
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