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A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her ICE agent…

An internal investigation found her Flock account ran 983 searches on 97 license plates between January and July, and ICE says it is now investigating; so much for personal passwords.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFormer Savannah police officer Amber Harpe was fired in August for sharing her Flock license plate reader login with her husband, Tyler, who is an ICE agent.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhy did he need her login?

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAccording to reports, he claimed the Department of Homeland Security hadn't provided him with a Flock account.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe investigation found her account ran nine hundred eighty-three searches on ninety-seven plates between January and July.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the federal government did what the rest of us do with a streaming service. It borrowed his wife's login.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSavannah police say they never share Flock data with ICE, and sharing a login broke their security rules. ICE says it's investigating.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSeven months of watch history, and the only thing it ever asked was whether he was still watching.

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