Benn Jordan
Role at the time: Musician and independent security researcher, debating on Open to Debate
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Jordan argues that the security risks he has investigated justify stopping current camera use until the systems can be deployed securely.
“And to me, just from the stuff that I’ve, I’ve shown on my channel, this is a solid risk-based argument in itself to unplug the cameras until we could figure out how to deploy them securely.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Transcript: Should Cities Pull the Plug on Flock Cameras?Benn Jordan at 03:06; Ramin Fatehi at 35:12
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Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Jordan supports unplugging the cameras for now and conditions future deployment on being able to deploy them securely.