Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches of AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as that collected by Flock Safety's technology, may violate the Fourth Amendment absent adequate probable cause. The judge wrote that "freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expectation that society" retains that protection.

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as what Flock Safety’s hallmark technology collects, may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause. “Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expectation that society…