Podcast: Flock is Tracking People, Not Just Cars
404 Media Joseph Cox
Law enforcement agencies are using Flock, a vehicle tracking system, to conduct searches for people based on physical descriptions like "male with tattoos" rather than license plates. The podcast episode also covers AI companies purchasing large quantities of out-of-print books from a company that keeps these transactions secret, and a security breach revealing that Suno's AI music generator scraped content from YouTube, Deezer, and Genius. These stories illustrate how surveillance technology and AI training data sourcing operate with limited transparency or accountability.
Why it matters
How cops are using Flock to look for specific people; the company buying mountains of books for AI companies; and the big Suno hack.
