Hackernews posts about FLoC

FLoC is a Google-proposed tracking technology that uses cookies to aggregate users' browsing data and sell targeted ads based on their interests.

1. Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera (www.wired.com)
   586 points by driverdan 10 days ago | 272 comments
2. Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit (www.newyorker.com)
   577 points by pseudolus 17 days ago | 539 comments
3. Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras (www.texastribune.org)
   445 points by DeepLogin 27 days ago | 350 comments
4. Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop (reason.com)
   380 points by bbatsell 21 days ago | 210 comments
5. Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation (www.investigatetv.com)
   357 points by SanjayMehta 13 days ago | 264 comments
6. Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting (www.404media.co)
   217 points by latexr 3 days ago | 258 comments
7. One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days (www.jezebel.com)
   173 points by HotGarbage about 8 hours ago | 70 comments
8. Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow (twitter.com)
   165 points by lorecore 30 days ago | 43 comments
9. Cops Search Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' and 'Asdfg' (www.404media.co)
   137 points by cdrnsf 12 days ago | 14 comments
10. Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program (www.neowin.net)
    136 points by bundie 6 days ago | 103 comments
11. Flock cameras used to arrest a child for playing on a swing? (www.youtube.com)
    128 points by chadgpt3 13 days ago | 85 comments
12. A Cop Searched 19,000 Flock Cameras Across 1,558 Cities. His Reason: 'LMAO' (www.techtimes.co.uk)
    122 points by Tiwariparth6165 11 days ago | 78 comments
13. Flock CEO's Address Spread Online as Surveillance Backlash Explodes (www.gadgetreview.com)
    118 points by randycupertino 29 days ago | 129 comments
14. Police officer arrested after tracking ex-girlfriend on Flock over 2k times (www.cnn.com)
    104 points by cocacola1 29 days ago | 30 comments
15. Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee (www.wired.com)
    98 points by ent101 7 days ago | 45 comments
16. Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine (www.neowin.net)
    78 points by devonnull 26 days ago | 56 comments
17. YC created Flock 10 years ago
    66 points by YCmadeFlock 17 days ago | 15 comments
18. San Jose officer used Flock to help relative track domestic violence victim (www.sfchronicle.com)
    66 points by cdrnsf 12 days ago | 7 comments
19. Flock worker calls police on investigator filming public camera installation (www.atlantanewsfirst.com)
    55 points by driverdan 17 days ago | 33 comments
20. Missouri governor orders guardrails on Flock cameras and ALPRs (www.stlpr.org)
    52 points by lenerdenator 9 days ago | 31 comments
21. Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hardcoded creds (micahflee.com)
    49 points by micahflee 9 days ago | 6 comments
22. US Republicans revolt against Flock AI surveillance as backlash intensifies (www.ft.com)
    42 points by sbulaev 19 days ago | 5 comments
23. Using floci to emulate Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) (flowg.cloud)
    40 points by linkdd 29 days ago | 11 comments
24. S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in vote (missionlocal.org)
    37 points by mikhael 1 day ago | 32 comments
25. Hackers Stole Flock Camera Software Revealing How Company Tracks Cars and People (www.404media.co)
    36 points by driverdan 10 days ago | 2 comments
26. Flock's CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case (www.404media.co)
    35 points by MinorTom 27 days ago | 2 comments
27. Police Are Spending Opioid Settlement Funds on Flock Cameras (www.motherjones.com)
    35 points by cdrnsf 30 days ago | discuss
28. Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras (www.theverge.com)
    34 points by achristmascarl 30 days ago | 2 comments
29. Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters (www.404media.co)
    33 points by text0404 22 days ago | 5 comments
30. Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed 'Decoy' Flock Camera Reduced (www.404media.co)
    28 points by pavel_lishin 11 days ago | discuss