# Flock Safety Condor PTZ Cameras Left Live Streams and Archives Open to the Public Internet Without Authentication
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-08-10 · read 2026-09-06

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurePatentDangers/comments/1vktmfk/

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## Who is named (4)

- [Condor PTZ camera](https://truthscore.com/entity/18e08569)
- [Flock Safety](https://truthscore.com/entity/57d2aca7)
- [Bakersfield, California](https://truthscore.com/entity/9df9c4e8)
- [West Virginia](https://truthscore.com/entity/b1d09ed0)

## What it added

- [Condor PTZ cameras stream live video and store 30‑day archives while exposing diagnostic and administrative interfaces.](https://truthscore.com/claim/00fab370)
  > At the core the hardware streams live video and stores 30‑day archives while exposing diagnostic and administrative interfaces.
- [Flock Safety deploys Condor PTZ cameras under municipal public‑safety contracts across the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f4c9e4f2)
  > The company deploys them under municipal public‑safety contracts across the United States.
- [The dual‑use architecture permits unauthenticated public access when network configuration fails, granting live viewing, archive download, and control‑panel…](https://truthscore.com/claim/e0de5f33)
  > The dual‑use vector is the same architecture that enables remote monitoring by authorized agencies also permits unauthenticated public access when network configuration fails, granting live viewing, archive download, and control‑panel functions to anyone who locates the endpoints.
- [Researchers using Shodan located and entered at least sixty live feeds and control panels.](https://truthscore.com/claim/33a929f7)
  > gaps that allowed researchers using Shodan to locate and enter at least sixty live feeds and control panels.
- [In December 2025, at least sixty Condor cameras across multiple states, including Bakersfield, California, streamed without passwords for a period measured in…](https://truthscore.com/claim/63232b83)
  > In December 2025 at least sixty Condor cameras across multiple states, including Bakersfield, California, streamed without passwords for a period measured in days to weeks.
- [Flock described the event as a limited carrier‑network misconfiguration rather than a system compromise.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1808498e)
  > Flock described the event as a limited carrier‑network misconfiguration rather than a system compromise.
- [Legislative questioning in West Virginia in August 2026 elicited the same “never been hacked” phrasing while lawmakers noted the answers left residual concern…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ce06fcfc)
  > Legislative questioning in West Virginia in August 2026 elicited the same “never been hacked” phrasing while lawmakers noted the answers left residual concern about safeguards.
- [Flock markets the systems as secure public‑safety tools that have never been hacked.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8949afa6)
  > Flock markets the systems as secure public‑safety tools that have never been hacked.
- [Structural flaws include placement of diagnostic interfaces on publicly reachable cellular networks and the absence of mandatory authentication on those…](https://truthscore.com/claim/01f6fde5)
  > Structural flaws include placement of diagnostic interfaces on publicly reachable cellular networks and the absence of mandatory authentication on those interfaces, gaps that allowed researchers using Shodan to locate and enter at least sixty live feeds and control panels.
- [Oversight gaps persist because Flock defines “hack” narrowly to exclude hardware exposure of live and archived footage, and municipal contracts rarely require…](https://truthscore.com/claim/9fd52aac)
  > Oversight gaps persist because Flock defines “hack” narrowly to exclude hardware exposure of live and archived footage, and municipal contracts rarely require independent verification of edge‑device security.
- [Independent checks against open‑source device search engines remain the primary available detection method.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c62d9d98)
  > Independent checks against open‑source device search engines remain the primary available detection method.

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