# Flock
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/entity/flock--907903eb
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/entity/flock--907903eb.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Kind: **org**

## Involved in

- [Physical access is required to exploit the flaws in Flock's camera system](https://truthscore.com/claim/3230855e)
- [Flávio Bolsonaro is proposing to expand the Flock surveillance system with AI facial recognition](https://truthscore.com/claim/a75302bf)
- [Flock's cameras are protected by on-device encryption](https://truthscore.com/claim/b51df5ba)
- [Images are only briefly retained on the device before being forwarded to the cloud](https://truthscore.com/claim/d87f0d07)
- [A security researcher noted some flaws in Flock's system](https://truthscore.com/claim/feceb5bf)

## Statements attributed to it

- [The cameras can also identify cars by make and model, and read bumper stickers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/000450ed) — independent
- [The company’s website advertises that the cameras “stop crime in real time” by alerting officers “the moment a suspect car passes by.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/170890ab) — independent
- [The cameras do not use facial recognition.](https://truthscore.com/claim/24b526ce) — independent
- [Physical access is required to exploit the flaws in Flock's camera system](https://truthscore.com/claim/3230855e) — independent
- [Flock says the cameras are integral to public safety, capturing details that help investigators, including plate numbers and vehicle make and model.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7c70c335) — independent
- [The cameras log the plate of every car that passes and upload it to a massive database.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8c03b1a1) — independent
- [Flock's cameras are protected by on-device encryption](https://truthscore.com/claim/b51df5ba) — independent
- [Images are only briefly retained on the device before being forwarded to the cloud](https://truthscore.com/claim/d87f0d07) — independent
- [Scans are deleted after 30 days.](https://truthscore.com/claim/df182750) — independent
- [Flock says its cameras scan license plates billions of times each month in communities in nearly every state.](https://truthscore.com/claim/df630eff) — independent