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Flock Safety Condor Cameras Exposed Live Feeds Without Password

404 Media reported that at least 60 of Flock Safety’s AI-enabled Condor cameras were exposed to the open internet, allowing anyone to watch live feeds, download 30 days of video archives, and change settings without any password or login. The exposed cameras included views of playgrounds and parking lots. Flock Safety said the flaw was a limited misconfiguration on a small number of devices and has since been remedied. The affected Condor Live cameras are not the same model as the license-plate reader cameras used by San Francisco and Oakland police.

Sources

  1. Report: Flock Safety, Maker of SF’s License Plate Reader Cameras, Had Gobsmacking Security Flaw — SFist, Jan 6, 2026 (sfist.com)

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