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Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it?

CyberScoop · · US Federal · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

Flock joined the CVE Program as a CNA, giving the company authority to assign IDs to vulnerabilities in its own surveillance cameras and license plate readers. The post Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it? appeared first on CyberScoop.

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