New lawsuit claims Flock cameras violate 4th amendment

monopoly. All right. Would you sacrifice your privacy for safety? Well, it's one of the questions brought to mind in a new lawsuit against the security camera company flock NBC 10 Jeff Saperstone is here with those details. Yeah, guys. Good morning. So this technology has caused controversy here in Massachusetts. The cameras are operated by flock safety. And now there's a new lawsuit over them. So three drivers in California took legal action saying that San Jose's use of the technology constitutes an unreasonable law enforcement search, which violates the Fourth Amendment. Flock uses the cameras to catalog the movements of cars. Pictures from the cameras are added to searchable databases that help AI that help law enforcement identify when and where cars have traveled. So in Cambridge, the city terminated its contract with flock, while the Brookline Select Board paused an agreement that would have allowed police to access flock data from a private realty company. The tech was also used in the search for the Brown University shooter to help police track down the rental car that he used. A flock spokesperson says that the courts have found that using the company's devices