WorldPingHackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people
One hacked camera captured 1.6 million images and could detect people as well as cars.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
WorldPingFlock reveals little about where its license plate readers are assembled, but the answer could have geopolitical and cybersecurity implications.
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Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear
Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people
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WorldPingOne hacked camera captured 1.6 million images and could detect people as well as cars.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
WorldPingIndustry players from Sony Pictures Classics, FilmNation, Gersh and Cinetic were among the film and entertainment figures who traded screening rooms for the soccer pitch at this year’s New York Film and Entertainment Soccer Tournament benefitting loc…
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WorldPingViewing to anime on Netflix has rocketed at almost 10 times the rate of the streamer’s total viewing numbers over the past three years. A Media Partners Asia (MPA) report into anime shone a spotlight on audiences’ love for the genre on the U.S.
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The Iran war has cost the U.S. military at least $33.4 billion — most of it on munitions — and not including hundreds of millions more spent by other agencies, the Pentagon says.
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WorldPingThe Owning Manhattan star says the wealthy are diversifying into cheaper, less obvious markets.
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WorldPingThe FCA has published final guidance defining which crypto businesses will need authorization under the U.K.’s incoming regulatory regime. The clarity removes a major uncertainty for firms, but a separate problem remains: U.K.
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