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# SFPD Left Live Drone Feeds Publicly Exposed for Six Months
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/sfpd-left-live-drone-feeds-publicly-exposed-for-six-months/
- Published: 2026-07-15T10:06:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-15T10:06:24.000Z
- Description: San Francisco’s police department inadvertently broadcast real-time surveillance of arrests and investigations to anyone with a web link—a security failure that exposes operational vulnerability and the lack of institutional rigor around emerging surveillance technology.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, privacy, regulation, public safety

Source: [SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports](https://sfist.com/2026/07/13/five-live-sfpd-drone-feeds-were-publicly-available-online-for-six-months/?ref=adjacent.media)

San Francisco's police department inadvertently broadcast real-time surveillance of arrests and investigations to anyone with a web link—a security failure that exposes operational vulnerability and the lack of institutional rigor around emerging surveillance technology. Government agencies are deploying powerful monitoring tools without the governance structures, access controls, or basic security audits to manage them responsibly. The incident will likely accelerate demands for civilian oversight boards to audit police tech deployments before they go live.