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VIDIZMO offers facial recognition for Flock camera data, despite Flock's stance

A surveillance technology company, VIDIZMO, is marketing its ability to integrate facial recognition and other AI-driven analysis with data from Flock Safety cameras. While Flock Safety itself states it does not and will not offer facial recognition capabilities, VIDIZMO claims it can ingest data from Flock's systems to perform analyses like facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial/gender analysis. VIDIZMO's CEO expressed a desire to build this integration, believing facial recognition is the future, and suggested Flock should implement it with privacy considerations. Although the specific integration tool is not yet fully built, VIDIZMO advertises its capability to combine Flock data with other evidence sources into a searchable platform for law enforcement. AI

IMPACT Third-party AI integration with surveillance cameras could expand data analysis capabilities for law enforcement, raising privacy concerns.

RANK_REASON Third-party company advertises integration with existing surveillance hardware, not a direct release from the hardware manufacturer.

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VIDIZMO offers facial recognition for Flock camera data, despite Flock's stance

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  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Jason Koebler ·

    Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras

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