GM Called Your Smart Driver Score a B+ That ‘Isn’t Permanent.’ Montana Says It Ended Up With Your Insurer
Montana says GM’s dealership OnStar sign-up looked mandatory, warned decliners they’d lose safety services they didn’t have yet, and fed…
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Tempe Banned License Plate Readers. Its Lawyer Says Cops Can Still Get the Data as Long as They Don’t Say ‘ALPR’
Tempe's license plate reader ban passed 6-1. The city attorney's memo says officers can still accept plate-reader data from neighbors,…
Inkster Locked In 10 Years of Flock Cameras. The Next Day, the ‘Get the Flock Out’ Act Was Announced in Front of One
Inkster announced a 10-year Flock expansion on Oct. 13. The next day, Rep. Rashida Tlaib unveiled H.R. 10807, which gives…
Lawsuit: The Search Reason Was ‘Info.’ The Driver Being Searched Was Suing the Sheriff.
A federal suit says Coweta County deputies searched more than 6,000 Flock camera networks for a man suing their sheriff,…
An Ohio Lieutenant Got Indicted Over 29 Flock Searches. In Georgia, the Logged Reason Was “37.”
An Ohio lieutenant indicted, three Little Rock officers benched and a Georgia lawsuit naming Flock. Each case surfaced in an…
Hackers Spent Three Weeks in German Dealer Software and Walked Off With Buyers’ Delivery Dates and Loan Amounts
A three-week intrusion into GeNesys, dealer software used by Volkswagen Group retailers in Germany, exposed order numbers, delivery dates and…
Cartels Love U.S. Rental Trucks for One Reason: The Theft Paperwork Is Slower Than the Drive to Mexico
Cartels rent pickups and SUVs in the U.S. and drive them into Mexico while theft-reporting rules run days behind. California…
Cartel Recruits Buy the Damage Waiver, Then Leave the Key. California Lets Rental Fleets Void It, and They Still Eat the Loss
Straw renters recruited online buy the damage waiver and leave the key for a driver headed to Mexico. California lets…
Richmond Quit Flock Because Henrico Quit Flock. Now Flock Is Cutting About 270 Jobs.
Flock plans to cut about 270 jobs as Henrico, Richmond, Harris County and Texas cities switch its plate cameras off.…
An Unreturned Rental Ram Can Be in Mexico by Dinner. California Takes More Than a Week to Call It Stolen
California law calls an unreturned rental embezzlement, not theft. That label slows the police report and, under a 1981 U.S.-Mexico…
Flock Cameras Logged Her Rivian 20 Times Over a $25 Porch Theft. Her Lawsuit Asks Why Nobody Got a Warrant
A Colorado woman wrongly cited on the strength of 20 Flock plate reads is suing the camera company, two towns…
Tulsa Deputy Logged a ‘Traffic Violation’ Before He Saw One, Then Pulled a Month of Plate-Reader Data. A Judge Tossed It.
A federal judge in Tulsa ruled a month-long, warrantless plate-reader search was a Fourth Amendment search. The deputy logged a…
BYD’s Shark 6 Security Fix Closes the Door a Researcher Used, and an Aftermarket App Goes With It
BYD says an over-the-air update will close the Android debug route used in the Four Corners Shark 6 demonstration. An…
Your Car’s Phone App Roughly Doubled Its Ad-Tracker Exposure. Owners Can Switch Off Some of It
Northeastern researchers found that pairing a companion app roughly doubled a car's exposure to advertising and tracking companies. Phone settings…
A Trademark Complaint Filed for Flock Wants This 335,701-Record Camera Map Gone
A researcher mapped 335,701 Flock device records pulled from the company's own systems. A brand-protection firm that says it acts…