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==Security Issues==
==Security Issues==
Although there have not been recent, publicly-released security audits, Verkada has previously been shown to have ineffective cybersecurity controls.<ref>https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2123068verkadacomplaint.pdf</ref><ref> https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-takes-action-against-security-camera-firm-verkada-over-charges-it-failed-secure-videos-other</ref> A 2021 data breach allowed attackers to access the video camera footage from their customers.<ref>https://dailysecurityreview.com/cyber-security/verkada-to-pay-2-95-million-for-security-failures-leading-to-breaches/</ref>
Although there have not been recent, publicly-released security audits, Verkada has previously been shown to have ineffective cybersecurity controls.<ref>https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2123068verkadacomplaint.pdf</ref><ref> https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-takes-action-against-security-camera-firm-verkada-over-charges-it-failed-secure-videos-other</ref> A 2021 data breach allowed attackers to access the video camera footage from their customers.<ref>https://dailysecurityreview.com/cyber-security/verkada-to-pay-2-95-million-for-security-failures-leading-to-breaches/</ref>
==Legal and Privacy issues==
Although the AI-powered mass surveillance which Verkada offers can be useful, it comes with some significant legal and ethical problems. A single ALPR does not constitute tracking, but systems like Verkada and connecting massive networks of these devices, in order to keep a constant record of each person's whereabouts. On top of this, they add facial recognition technology, performing non-consensual face scans of unwitting members of the public.
The [[Fourth Amendment|Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution]] provides strong protections against "unreasonable searches and seizures," without a legal warrant, which clearly defines who is being subjected to a search, what place will be searched, and the duration of the search. It also needs to be signed by a judge. Based on legal precedent, tracking the movements of a person over time, is a form of a search, which therefore requires a specific and limited search warrant.<ref>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/585/16-402/</ref><ref>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/565/400/</ref>
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