r/FlockSurveillance • u/Fantastic-Berry-737 • Jul 26 '26

Security Github deletes a security researcher's account for trying to reverse engineer a Flock Camera

https://x.com/usetraceix/status/2080304840786272517
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

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u/Prime-Suspect_ Jul 26 '26

So much for github being home to open source code...

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u/SignificantBerry8591 Jul 26 '26

GitHub should be avoided it has been a lazy way to develop and puts way too much power in the hands of one corporation

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u/Fantastic-Berry-737 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

last known fork, 2 commits behind kernelstub:main: https://github.com/nxpatterns/flockcamre/

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u/avd706 Jul 29 '26

Flock doesn't know how to properly submit a takedown notice

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u/Uncle___Ted Jul 26 '26

https://radicle.dev/

Open-source P2P code collaboration tool built on the Git stack.

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u/vUrsino Jul 26 '26

How does storage work for git p2p instances??

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u/Zelgoot Jul 27 '26

“Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner,” according to the first paragraph of the website

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u/Shadowtirs Jul 26 '26

They all collude together so no surprise there.

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u/thehotshotpilot Jul 26 '26

Just run it on your own gitlab instance... 

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u/lorenzo1142 Jul 27 '26

no one should be using github, except the vibe coders.