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== "Incidents" ==

=="Incidents"==

I'm a bit confused about this section of the page - I fully appreciate the desire to have a repository of information about Flock Safety incidents, but the first line of this section says that this is a list of all incidents (and also that any incidents that are not included - that is to say, part of the subset of "all incidents" previously mentioned - can be found on a category page).

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Thoughts? [[User:Neuropirate|Neuropirate]] ([[User talk:Neuropirate|talk]]) 23:29, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for the heads up. I re-structured the article for lawsuits to have a separate section, especially since most of them are redundant with [[Flock license plate readers]]. The incidents section on this page should now include general information regarding Flock and other products.

:As for the table idea, there isn't enough space in a table to fairly describe the various incidents, especially something like lawsuits which contain a lot of information. Even a brief summary risks flattening the nuance and complications of what the lawsuit is alleging. Subheadings and paragraphs is pretty standard for the wiki. [[User:Beanie Bo|Beanie Bo]] ([[User talk:Beanie Bo|talk]]) 00:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

== Benn Jordan Flock Expose ==

Benn Jordan (a youtuber) published a video about Flock Safety Camera vulnerabilities on 11/16/2025. The findings, if true, suggest that Flock Safety doesn't understand even basic digital security. In the video he mentions that Senator Ron Wyden is seeking to start a formal Senate investigation of Flock Safety, demonstrates 6 vulnerabilities, asserts that there are 47 known vulnerabilities, and that LEO login credentials were easily located for sale on the dark web. He also mentions that a paper is or will be published describing the security vulnerabilities of Flock Safety cameras.

Here is the video: https://youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?si=XHf_9eEnCDgaAJoY

Apologies, this is literally my first time doing anything on a wiki. Nuke this if you need to. [[Special:Contributions/206.255.94.242|206.255.94.242]] 20:23, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

== A note on archiving links ==

In the course of my cleaning up the citations and adding missing archive links, I have observed the following:

* Flock Safety has disallowed Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving anything relating to its website.

* Using the Wayback Machine for archiving Forbe's articles is hit or miss, due to WM honoring the inconsistent URL redirects which degrade the user experience (''e.g.'' a message box blocking the content).

In both instances I strongly recommend using alternative archival websites. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 04:00, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

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 I'm a bit confused about this section of the page - I fully appreciate the desire to have a repository of information about Flock Safety incidents, but the first line of this section says that this is a list of all incidents (and also that any incidents that are not included - that is to say, part of the subset of "all incidents" previously mentioned - can be found on a category page).
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 Thoughts? [[User:Neuropirate|Neuropirate]] ([[User talk:Neuropirate|talk]]) 23:29, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
+:Thanks for the heads up. I re-structured the article for lawsuits to have a separate section, especially since most of them are redundant with [[Flock license plate readers]]. The incidents section on this page should now include general information regarding Flock and other products.
+:As for the table idea, there isn't enough space in a table to fairly describe the various incidents, especially something like lawsuits which contain a lot of information. Even a brief summary risks flattening the nuance and complications of what the lawsuit is alleging. Subheadings and paragraphs is pretty standard for the wiki. [[User:Beanie Bo|Beanie Bo]] ([[User talk:Beanie Bo|talk]]) 00:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
+== Benn Jordan Flock Expose ==
+Benn Jordan (a youtuber) published a video about Flock Safety Camera vulnerabilities on 11/16/2025.  The findings, if true, suggest that Flock Safety doesn't understand even basic digital security.  In the video he mentions that Senator Ron Wyden is seeking to start a formal Senate investigation of Flock Safety, demonstrates 6 vulnerabilities, asserts that there are 47 known vulnerabilities, and that LEO login credentials were easily located for sale on the dark web.  He also mentions that a paper is or will be published describing the security vulnerabilities of Flock Safety cameras.
+Here is the video: https://youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?si=XHf_9eEnCDgaAJoY
+Apologies, this is literally my first time doing anything on a wiki.  Nuke this if you need to. [[Special:Contributions/206.255.94.242|206.255.94.242]] 20:23, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
+== A note on archiving links ==
+In the course of my cleaning up the citations and adding missing archive links, I have observed the following:
+* Flock Safety has disallowed Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving anything relating to its website.
+* Using the Wayback Machine for archiving Forbe's articles is hit or miss, due to WM honoring the inconsistent URL redirects which degrade the user experience (''e.g.'' a message box blocking the content).
+In both instances I strongly recommend using alternative archival websites. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 04:00, 8 January 2026 (UTC)