Flock Safety Cameras Helped Crack the MIT and Brown Case — but at What Cost to Privacy?

How the ‘Reddit Detective Agency’ and surveillance technology helped find the suspect in the deadly Brown University shooting

More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath.

Flock Safety cameras helped crack the MIT and Brown case — but at what cost to privacy?

The same technology that aided investigators has drawn criticism from residents worried about surveillance.

Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

During a search for the Brown shoogin suspect, a law enforcement press conference included a request for "Ring camera footage from residents and businesses near Brown University," according to local news reports. But in the end it was Flock cameras according to an article in Gizmodo, after a Reddit poster described seeing "odd" behavior of someone who turned out to be the suspect: The original Reddit poster, identified only as John in the affida…