This Flock Camera map shows more than 300,000 devices
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A public map of 300,000+ Flock cameras makes the scale and location of automated surveillance legible to anyone — including adversaries. If your operations intersect with these systems, assume both higher evidentiary visibility and higher privacy/regulatory scrutiny, via Mashable Tech.
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