Want to get the code it's going to launch.

It's a unit system.

I know this.

It's all the files of the whole park.

It tells you everything.

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

Eagle One.

The package is being delivered.

Want to hear a story that involves automatic license plate reader technology,

AI-powered cameras that detect the movements of cars across the United States,

cops, and, well, Burger King?

Well, today on the show, we have motherboard reporter of all things surveillance, Joseph Cox,

on to tell us about Flock, a little-known company that's hawking smart surveillance cameras

that are quietly creeping individual neighborhoods across the country for police.

I'm Ben Maku, and this is Cyber.

Music for police. I'm Ben Maku, and this is Cyber. So Joseph, you got what can be described as a plethora of emails from police departments

across the country, but how did you get them and what is, what did it, what did they tell

you? Yeah. So the emails are about a company called flock, which makes, you know, AI driven,

smart surveillance cameras that can identify vehicles and license plates and that sort of thing.

Not just the plate. So you can see what the color of the car is, what the, potentially what the make is, if there are stickers on it and that sort of thing. Not just the plate, so you can see what the color of the car is,

potentially what the make is, if there are stickers on it and that sort of thing. To answer

your question, we more specifically got hundreds of pages of emails from police departments

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