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Bay County resident urges commissioners to reject Flock Security cameras over privacy and security concerns
Summary
At the Nov. 18 meeting a local software engineer, Jerith Dietrich, urged Bay County commissioners to vote against Flock Security camera products, alleging inconsistent company messaging on AI/facial recognition, prior misuse of data and nationwide searchable camera networks; he proposed contract bans and technical mitigations.
Jerith Dietrich, who identified himself as a software engineer, addressed the Bay County Board of Commissioners during public comment on Nov. 18, asking commissioners to vote against any procurement of Flock Security cameras. Dietrich told the board he is worried a centralized dataset managed by a private vendor is ‘‘a matter of when, not if’’ it will be breached and cited recent industry reporting of multiple breaches this year.
Dietrich said Flock Security has given inconsistent messaging about whether its systems…
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