Proton hosts Flock map revealing over 300k cameras, defying cease-and-desist (tomshardware.com)
55 pointsby ryan_j_naughton18 hours ago7 comments
pardner 12 hours ago
Since the article's link is actually a Proton ad, here's the actual link: https://proton.me/flock-camera-map
HelloUsername 4 hours ago
Posted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50222302
parlortricks 13 hours ago
335k cameras (image in link shows that number)..that is so many, it is hard to imagine.
Such a large spy network on the populace, I wonder if we have this problem in Sydney.
JumpCrisscross 16 hours ago
Is there a legal path to loading these data into OpenStreetMap?
Rygian 4 hours ago
Either they were published with a license compatible with ODbL, or there is written permission from the rights holder to import them into OSM, i strongly doubt it.
dyauspitr 12 hours ago
What sort of legal case does flock have for something people are mapping out in public?
FireBeyond 8 hours ago
Their claim, rightly or wrongly, is that it came from private data (a researcher got an exposed key and downloaded data with coordinates).
But I think as long as Proton wasn't that researcher, there's no case to argue there.