Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down

What happened

A security researcher discovered a vulnerability in Flock’s website that gave him an access token without needing login credentials. A vulnerability on the Flock website allowed a security researcher to access its third-party provider to download the locations and descriptions of over 300,000 Flock cameras.

The researcher used the information gleaned to build a map of Flock cameras and share it on a website he named the Flock Surveillance Map , which lists 335,701 cameras. Flock has now issued a trademark infringement complaint with the goal of having the researcher close the website.

Michael said that he immediately informed the company about the security flaw. He said in his email, dated Nov.