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VIDIZMO offers facial recognition analysis for exported Flock footage
VIDIZMO is offering police departments analysis of camera footage exported from Flock into its platform, according to Chiprook. The advertised capabilities include facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis. Flock CEO Garrett Langley says Flock itself will not add facial recognition.
Key points
- Chiprook reported that VIDIZMO offers police departments analysis of footage exported from Flock.
- Advertised capabilities include facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis.
- Flock CEO Garrett Langley says Flock itself will not add facial recognition.
- Accuracy, testing methods and the extent of police adoption were not reported.
What happened: VIDIZMO is offering police departments analysis of camera footage exported from Flock into its platform, according to Chiprook. The advertised capabilities include facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis. The offer puts the focus on what can happen to surveillance footage after it leaves the platform where it was collected, rather than only on the features available within that platform.
The details: The reported workflow involves exporting footage from Flock and bringing it into VIDIZMO for analysis. That distinction matters: the capabilities being advertised are VIDIZMO’s, not features that Flock is reported to be adding. Flock CEO Garrett Langley says Flock itself will not add facial recognition. His position concerns Flock’s own product, while VIDIZMO’s offer concerns analysis performed elsewhere. Whether the companies have a formal integration or commercial relationship was not reported.
Who it affects: For police departments evaluating these tools, the central question is not simply whether Flock offers facial recognition. It is also whether exported footage can be subjected to that analysis through another platform. The same distinction is relevant to business teams assessing surveillance products: a restriction on a platform’s own features may not prevent sensitive analysis after export. Evaluations should therefore examine downstream access, permitted uses and oversight alongside the original product’s capabilities.
What to watch: The advertised features should not be confused with demonstrated results. Accuracy, testing methods and the extent of police adoption were not reported. Nor were the controls governing access to exported footage or its use for facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis. Those unanswered questions limit what buyers can conclude about both the effectiveness of the offer and the safeguards surrounding its use.
Our take
A platform's own feature restrictions may not prevent sensitive analysis after data is exported. Organizations evaluating surveillance tools should examine downstream access, permitted uses and oversight.