How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Alpharetta, Georgia, cops share data with thousands of Flock users, ranging from federal agencies to a fish and wildlife commission. The reasons why show how vast—and invasive—the network has become...

Flock wants privacy to meet surveillance halfway

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley says the United States needs a “compromise” between privacy and public safety. It's a neat phrase, except I don’t like to see “compromise” and “privacy” that close together. “When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wro...

Please don’t buy this: smart doorbells

Though Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, the two shopping holidays were just precursors to the larger Christmas season—a time of year when online packages pile high on doorsteps and front porches around the world. According to some companies, it's only logical to want to protect these...