Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear
Flock's license plate readers' manufacturing origins are unclear, raising national security concerns.
Flock, a company known for its license plate readers, has become increasingly opaque about the manufacturing origins of its devices. While previously touting 'Made in the USA' origins, current marketing materials are vague. Import records indicate a growing reliance on components from Primax Electronics, a Taiwanese company with manufacturing in China and Thailand. This lack of transparency raises national security concerns, especially given US laws like the NDAA that restrict Chinese-made components in government contracts.
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The lesson from this incident
Full lessonFlock Safety's shift away from clear 'Made in the USA' claims, combined with evidence of reliance on components manufactured in China via Primax Electronics, exposes a critical supply chain transparency gap. Government agencies procuring these license plate readers may unknowingly be violating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which prohibits certain Chinese-manufactured components in federal contracts. This matters because surveillance infrastructure integrated into law enforcement networks represents a high-value target for foreign adversaries, and compromised hardware could enable data exfiltration or system manipulation. Organizations that fail to rigorously vet vendor supply chains risk introducing hardware-level vulnerabilities that are extremely difficult to detect or remediate after deployment.
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