Flock's New AI Police Tool Can Track Drivers Without a Name or License Plate
In brief Flock Safety's OS Investigate ships with 69 prewritten prompts that give police AI access to plate scans, arrest records, and commercial databases holding Social Security numbers and relatives. Wired reports that 41 of the prompts require no special permission, and 14 need no plate, name, or description— just a place, a time, and a pattern of behavior.
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- Fact 1: In brief Flock Safety's OS Investigate ships with 69 prewritten prompts that give police AI access to plate scans, arrest records, and commercial databases holding Social Security numbers and relatives.
- Fact 2: Wired reports that 41 of the prompts require no special permission, and 14 need no plate, name, or description— just a place, a time, and a pattern of behavior.
- Fact 3: Flock Safety, the surveillance company whose cameras log vehicles across more than 6,000 U.S.
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In brief Flock Safety's OS Investigate ships with 69 prewritten prompts that give police AI access to plate scans, arrest records, and commercial databases holding Social Security numbers and relatives. Wired reports that 41 of the prompts require no special permission, and 14 need no plate, name, or description— just a place, a time, and a pattern of behavior.
One prompt finds a car's "associates" by how often other vehicles appear at the same cameras within two minutes, flipping Flock's promise that it doesn't track people. Flock Safety, the surveillance company whose cameras log vehicles across more than 6,000 U.S. communities, has built an AI tool that can identify and follow drivers using nothing but their movement.
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