Flock Faces Monitoring Controversy, Claims Need to Find a Compromise Between Privacy and Security
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Flock Safety Under pressure due to monitoring abuse controversies, political parties and civil rights organizations in the United States are exerting simultaneous pressure, and the company has adjusted its data retention and access rules.
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美国监控技术公司 Flock Safety 近期因警方滥用其系统的指控持续承压。公司首席执行官 Garrett Langley 表示,美国需要在隐私与公共安全之间找到“折中”,而不是只强调其中一方。

滥用案例引发争议

《华盛顿邮报》此前梳理出 46 起案例,涉及警员被指未经授权使用 Flock 技术,其中包括跟踪妻子、女友或前任等私人用途。这使外界对车牌识别与自动监控系统的担忧,从抽象风险变成了可核查的现实问题。

Langley 在接受 CBS News 采访时就一名受害者的经历致歉,称对方遭遇令人痛心。但他同时表示,警方滥权并非由 Flock 造成,公司只是更早把问题暴露出来,并开发了可追踪异常访问的工具。

两党政界开始施压

围绕 Flock 的争议已从民权组织扩展到美国两党政治人物。民主党方面,密歇根州联邦参议员候选人 Abdul El-Sayed 指责对手支持大规模铺设 Flock 摄像头;参议员伯尼·桑德斯则直接发文反对“AI 大规模监控”,点名要求停止 Flock。

共和党方面,三名众议院共和党议员近日提出法案,拟禁止联邦政府采购使用人脸识别、生物识别或车牌识别的自动化监控系统,法案文本中还直接提到“包括 Flock Safety 摄像头”。

公司已调整保存规则

面对批评,Flock 已对部分产品设置作出调整,包括将默认数据保存时间从 30 天缩短至 7 天,并要求用户在访问数据前输入案件编号。

不过,这两项限制都并非绝对。警方仍可通过名为“Evidence Mode”的设置延长数据保存时间。美国公民自由联盟 ACLU 表示,虽然 7 天仍高于其建议的 48 小时,但这一调整可能是朝正确方向迈出的一步,关键要看“Evidence Mode”如何实际运作。

Langley 还表示,各州监管机构应推动立法,把非法使用 Flock 数据明确列为刑事犯罪。他同时称,当前包括 Flock 在内的相关技术领域,往往缺少足够监管与问责,这种状况并不合理。

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