Flock公司首席执行官Garrett Langley在TechCrunch Disrupt大会上声称该公司的枪声检测麦克风仅能识别"枪声"，但这一表述与公司官网的宣传内容存在明显出入1。根据Flock网站的说法，该系统能够检测多种环境音频事件，包括街道占用、严重车祸、一般车祸、烟火以及飙车表演等1。
这种前后不一的表述引发了隐私权倡导者的担忧。Flock的枪声检测产品在去年推出时曾宣传能检测"尖叫声"和"人类遭难的声音"，但后因隐私抗议而被修改1。Langley在会上声称仅有"少数几个客户"正在进行该功能的原型测试1。对此，Flock发言人Paris Lewbel澄清称，该技术"不是为了监测谈话或分析言语而设计的，目前不能检测人类尖叫或遭难声音"1。
由于这些功能范围的不清楚，多个地区已经停止与Flock的合作。德州和佛罗里达州已经中止了与Flock的合作关系，亚马逊Ring也已终止了与该公司的合作1。
Flock CEO Garrett Langley stated at TechCrunch Disrupt that the company's microphones detect "just gunshots," yet the company's website describes a broader set of capabilities1. According to the website, the system can identify street takeovers, severe crashes, car crashes, fireworks, and sideshows—a significant discrepancy from the CEO's characterization1.
The contradiction has drawn scrutiny from privacy advocates. The product originally marketed its ability to detect screaming and sounds of human distress when launched last year, but these claims were removed following privacy backlash1. Flock spokesperson Paris Lewbel clarified that the technology is "not designed to monitor conversations or analyze speech and does not currently detect human screaming or distress," while Langley acknowledged that only a "couple customers" are testing the broader detection features in prototype form1.
The controversy has prompted regulatory action. Texas and Florida have both discontinued their partnerships with Flock, and Amazon Ring has ended its collaboration with the company1. By comparison, competitor ShotSpotter operates approximately 25,000 microphones as of 20241.
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