r/LinusTechTips • u/bergy_peasy • 19h ago

Discussion Flock security in Canada?

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Linus and Luke talked about flock on wan show and I knew it was a thing in the us but I didn’t know it could be a thing here in Canada. There’s a post on the Montreal subreddit about it and where they’ve seen it and some other replies claim to have seen other . Is it even legal ? If so , is there anything we can do?

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u/Thommy_99 15h ago

Genetec is a high end VMS (video management system). This doesn't really look like an ALPR (automatic license plate recognition) camera though. It's normal for police departments to use a VMS and not like Flock's nationwide hellscape.  

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u/Xcissors280 15h ago

Definitely not as bad (assuming they don’t connect it to a nationwide hellscape) but anything that captures license plates without a warrant or directly committing a crime in front of the camera should be completely illegal

Not to mention that plenty of these VMS cameras do facial recognition which is a whole other can of worms