Flock Employees Are Spying On Our Children
Flock Safety's system of public and private cameras, microphones, and drones is being used by Flock sales employees to spy on us and our children in childrens' gymnastics centers, fitness studios, libraries, playgrounds, and private pools.
These cameras record people and children in real time 24/7, and a private vendor stores the data. This vendor has unfettered access to that data, and Flock employees are removing multifactor authentication requirements and audit trails. The system is not being misused - it is being used exactly as intended.
This is an small analysis of the Flock event log 'event-logs_010125_031926' provided through Open Records Request D048397-031926 in Dunwoody Georgia. It combines this info with information received through other Open Records Requests.
This write-up focuses on public data being shared, private data being shared, and unfettered access and searching of this data by Flock employees. Like the 'security assessment' completed by the City, these logs leave more questions than answers.
Dunwoody residents and MJCC members/guests deserve to know how this happened, and what measures will be taken to keep the public safe. Flock Safety continues to lie to the public and the council. It is of my opinion that the risks of this tool: lack of the accountability, auditability, oversight, guardrails, and security far outweigh the benefits.
The city should immediately cancel the contract and conduct a thorough independent audit to assess the damages.
I brought these concerns to the city council on 1/12/26 because of the possibilities of harm to the citizens of Dunwoody. Based on my findings below I believe I was too late.
Only performative action has been taken by the city staff, and the City refuses to answer any questions in writing about how the system is used, what contracts authorize it's AI capabilities, and how our data is being used by a private company.
I believe the only way to protect the citizens is to immediately cancel the Flock contract and shut off their devices. Flock has continued to show it continues to act in bad faith and no where in their business model do the citizen's benefit.
If you have concerns I would recommend that you bring them directly to your city council member and the mayor, you can find their contact information here: https://www.dunwoodyga.gov/government/city-council-mayor
Additionally, if you can, please attend the city council meeting on Monday April 13th at Dunwoody City Hall where there city council will be voting to put more of your data into this system.
If you are in an HOA or private area that has these cameras, I would recommend that you immediately cancel your contract.
I have many more concerns that I have raised publicly but are not detailed here. These range from the fact that our data is being shipped overseas to gig workers to train Flock's AI model, or that Flock is so confident in their ability to not be breached that they removed gross negligence from the latest round of their contract terms.
I have a list of questions that the city has yet to answer in public: https://drive.proton.me/urls/QJVMHTP6CR#yvrtmzal2Y3f