
Boston has ended its contract with Flock Safety, citing the company's alleged sharing of data nationwide in violation of their contract.
An analysis by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) found that police officers were accessing the Flock database without legitimate justification, using reasons such as 'LOL' and 'LMAO' to log searches.
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