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AI Tool Raven Enables Police to Locate Homes from Interior Photos

Graylark Technologies has updated its AI geolocation tool, Raven, to identify specific properties from interior photos. The system matches details like tiles or appliances against listings on Airbnb, Zillow, and Vrbo. US police departments, including LAPD and Miami-Dade, have purchased access. While marketed for trafficking investigations, the tool raises privacy concerns as it scrapes data from platforms that prohibit such actions.

1 hour ago•Source: 404 Media

Hacker Breach Exposes Flock Camera’s Hidden People Tracking and Massive Data Volume

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8.73 min•27 days ago

Hacker Breach Exposes Flock Camera’s Hidden People Tracking and Massive Data Volume

A hacker collective named stegan0gram physically removed a Flock Safety camera, recovered its encryption keys, and shared the data with 404 Media and WIRED. The analysis reveals the device captures over 1.6 million images in 21 days, explicitly detects people, and stores data accessible to thousands of agencies nationwide.

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