The CEO of security solutions company Flock Safety accuses Deflock, which identifies the location of surveillance cameras, of being a 'terrorist organization'
Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, which provides a number of crime prevention and countermeasure solutions, such as recognizing license plates to track vehicle locations, monitoring security camera footage, and conducting AI-assisted evidence searches, has accused Flock Safety's 'Deflock' project, which identifies the locations of its surveillance cameras and license plate readers, of being a 'terrorist organization.'
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Langley's comments came during an interview with Forbes' Thomas Brewster, which lasted 28 minutes and 1 second, and were made in response to a question from Brewster at the 11 minute and 50 second mark .
After hearing about Flock's mechanisms and significance, Brewster asked Langley about Deflock, which works to prevent the expansion of surveillance networks.
Langley responded, 'There are two kinds of activists out there.' One is groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who will stop at nothing to make their point, but because they live in a 'beautiful democracy,' they have the ability to take it to court.
However, Deflock is not like that, and Langley said that it is a terrorist organization similar to ANTIFA, whose only motivation is to 'bring chaos' and does not choose constructive means to get what it wants.
Langley said he has never forced anyone to use Flock Safety, and that elected officials simply want their communities to be safe, just as ordinary households want to be safe, so Flock Safety is the best way to create safe communities.
Brewster responded with a wry smile, saying, 'Deflock probably wouldn't agree with your labeling of it as terrorism.'
It is true that some people are critical of Flock Safety's activities, fearing that they may be an invasion of privacy.
Hacker News has also reported that Flock has been disabled in cities like Mountain View, California , and San Marcos, Texas, for sharing data without notice. In Evanston, Illinois , a city ordered all cameras removed after they were reinstalled without permission , raising questions about whether the app is as widely accepted as Langley believes it is.
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