Residents of an Atlanta suburb have been shocked by revelations that sales employees at Flock accessed sensitive cameras in various community facilities as part of a sales pitch demonstration. The cameras included those in the children’s gymnastics room, a playground, a school, and a Jewish community center.
Key Takeaways
- Flock has denied using the cameras for spying on children but acknowledged that camera access did occur as part of its sales demonstrations.
- A resident named Jason Hunyar obtained Flock’s access logs through public records requests, publishing them in a blog post titled “Why Are Flock Employees Watching Our Children?”
- Flock has stated that it is more transparent than other surveillance companies because it creates these access logs and they can be obtained using public records requests.
- The company insists no one is spying on children. However, the access logs show that some cameras accessed were in sensitive locations, including a pool at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (in Dunwoody) and a children’s gymnastics room at MJCCA.
- Flock has agreed to stop using Dunwoody’s cameras for demonstrations and clarified its stance on data ownership and privacy in a blog post. The company also stated that it will now only conduct demos in more public locations, like retail parking lots.
Originally published at 404media.co. Curated by AI Maestro.
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