• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    Flock cameras can also pickup conversations of people passing by, let alone the massive amount of other privacy concerns with these being owned by third party companies and how extremely easily hackable these cameras are.

    IMO, I don’t see how people in Toronto can support these cameras, especially since Ontario in general had speed cameras removed, and those as far as I know were police operated.

    TBH it would probably make more sense to install the speed cameras back, those only captured photos as opposed to 24/7 recordings.

    Some links that you might find useful:

    Find locations of flock cameras: https://deflock.org/

    How hackers can use flock cameras to monitor and stock neighborhoods:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo

    Video that is worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ

    Edit: Went down a rabbit hole.

    Toronto’s speed cameras were owned, operated, and maintained by Verra Mobility (specifically through their subsidiary, Redflex Traffic Systems (Canada) Limited). This is a Arizona-based company. While the City of Toronto selected the locations and processed the tickets. I can’t seem to find any clear info on how the data was processed or how the system was secured.

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      It’s Rosedale. Second only to Bridalpath in wealth. The Conservative rich live there in their mansions. The place is basically a manicured and inaccessible ghost town with super low density, adjacent to downtown and only a bridge separating it from the poorest hood there is in Toronto. I wouldn’t be worried about them installing flock, as no one in their right mind actually goes there, except for temp foreign worker nannies and the people wishing to plunder the parked wealth.