While Flock did not comment on The Intercept’s reporting before publication, Michael noted that he received a trademark infringement complaint on his site. Doppel, a cybersecurity company focusing on social engineering defense, reached out on behalf of the surveillance company and said that he’s using the trademark “FLOCK SAFETY” without authorization and that it may confuse its customers. Because of this, the firm requested that the Flock Surveillance Map website be taken down, despite a pop-up that appears on the website when accessed for the first time saying otherwise.
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JBHarris Hey, since you use these two words in that specific order in one place on your website, take down the entire website. It isn't about the embarrassing data exfiltration, it is totally, 100% about the trademark infringement. Reply
Arkitekt78 So the security company that cant even properly secure its website is going to claim "trademark infringement" because that hole exposed their bad security (even more than we already knew) AND made it readily visible just how expansive their garbage tech has become? Not a good look at all. Its just one well-deserved L after L for this company. Looking forward to their eventual crash and burn. Reply
dedmuus How ironic and moronic can this company continue to be? They reap what they sow. Reply
Cmatt1977 At the very least all government owned, public facing cameras should be public knowledge. Reply
Fomdoo Should be easy to defeat in court. They have publicly stated they've never had a data breach, so this can't be their data. It's his. They can't force him to delete his data. Reply
vintageFireman Flock is nothing but a security hole…for citizens. Take them all down. Reply
vinay2070 So they put Security cameras at their own cost so other countries can spy on them? Great! Reply
Dark Lord of Tech They already have similar technology inside the streetlights. Flock is just the distraction. Reply
palladin9479 Wow, just when you thought Flock couldn't get any more scummy, they surprise you. It's nothing but mass surveillance and probable cause laundering to get around the 4th Amendment. Reply
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