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Flock ceo attempts to stop people using online photo system from stocking him…

Hmmmm…


Those images aren't publicly viewable like Google Maps, at least not easily.


I'm not so sure about that.

See: https://www.independent.org/article/2026/01/14/flock-condor-...

    However, what Jordan found was a free-for-all, with less security than even what a standard Netflix account would require to watch a show. Not only could he access the live footage, but he could also review the video archives and even delete the recordings if desired.
There's also https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2025-59407

    The Flock Safety DetectionProcessing com.flocksafety.android.objects application 6.35.33 for Android (installed on Falcon and Sparrow License Plate Readers and Bravo Edge AI Compute Devices) bundles a Java Keystore (flock_rye.bks) along with its hardcoded password (flockhibiki17) in its code. The keystore contains a private key.
But that's hardly the only one. For a fuller picture, you may be interested in https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search?keyword=flock&resultType=re...


So who's at this intersection right now? https://maps.app.goo.gl/nQauinrTH3aYStk57


> flockhibiki17

I guess we now know what someone at Flock likes in their whiskey glass.


I mean, I wouldn't want to be boiled into a soup or stew either.


I'm disappointed that forty two labs isn't selling the answer to life, the universe and everything.


Yes but at the very least they are an insurance against the big companies deciding to Enshittify their product.

For example if (when) open ai decides to 10x their price once every one is sufficiently hooked these open weight models will still be here.


Don't forget they will also downgrade the quality, like Claude has shown multiple times.


It's called "engineer's disease" which is pretty appropriate for this community:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/engineer%27s_disease


My experience has been that this isn't limited to engineers. I'm sure most people here have had people from other departments tell them how they need to do their jobs in one way or another.

For example, there are always at least a few people who you have to consult regularly because their tickets are always written how they perceive a problem should be solved rather than explaining the underlying problem to be solved. Then there are the sales and marketing types who like to dictate how the UX of the front-end should be because they like to retell anecdotes to prospective clients about how they solved a problem. Then there's the guy who hands you a spreadsheet he's maintained for years and tells you he wants you to put something exactly like it in the flagship product as a new feature.


>My experience has been that this isn't limited to engineers.

To some extent, but the most severe form does seem fairly unique to engineers, specifically programmers. That is, I've met many arrogant lawyers and doctors, but never a lawyer or doctor who assumes they could program a computer due to their legal or medical expertise. But I've seen many a programmer assume that because they are proficient in programming they can confidently and authoritatively expound on all other areas of human endeavor (those being obviously inferior and trivial in the face of their own).


I'd say celebrities and creatives in general are often big offenders here too. Lots of actors/athletes/musicians acting like being good at what they do means they're also qualified to talk about science and engineering. And a lot of reviewers, documentary creators and specialist writers that decide to wade into discussions about topics they have no knowledge of/cover something they're new to, only to look ridiculously out of touch as a result.

See the Nostalgia Critic review of the Wall. Or the Alex Meyers review of Obsession.


Or all the celebrities who write children's' books.


Medical doctors and physicists also regularly suffer from this. It’s more of a disease of expertise in general, it seems.


Well, if I'm systems engineer and everything that exists can be modelled as a system...



wouldn't the analogy be Wagyu farmers?


Rent control is just one of many factors that affect an incentive to build. For example (and these are hypothetical numbers just to show the point), if rent control made developers 10 percent less likely to build but easing building restrictions made them 50 percent more likely, it would result in a net gain for building overall.


If anything, being against monopolies is actually pro small business because monopolies make it harder for small businesses to compete


I'm not sure what point you're making, but if anything, that makes this MORE impressive not less, if they can do great work with little resources.


Friendly reminder: since Musk now owns Cursor, there are a bunch of really good open-source alternatives you can use.


They all moved to Substack.


From a consumer’s POV, Substack usually signals the article is trash (because the incentive is money instead of making good content)


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