Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’

Surveillance tech institution Flock is rolling retired updates to code reports of cops crossed the state abusing its tools to stalk ex-romantic partners and others. CEO Garrett Langley is delivering a mea culpa, and successful an interrogation with The Verge, says he's changed his caput connected what work Flock bears for however instrumentality enforcement uses it.

Over the coming weeks, Flock volition statesman implementing updates that see requiring a antecedently optional diagnostic called Audit Assistance, which flags "abnormal hunt behavior" and instantly locks retired suspicious users until an head reviews their activity. All users volition besides beryllium required to participate …

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