Posted on 05/02/2024 11:07:44 AM PDT by algore
Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras are becoming more and more common on American roads, thanks to one company. Flock Safety is a tech company that provides surveillance products to a wide array of clients. Its largest customer is law enforcement.
Namely, governing bodies use the company's ALPR cameras to capture millions of U.S. driver plates all over the country. Many local citizens are unaware of the cameras. Chiefly, this is due to the quiet methods used to install them and utilize recorded data.
Eric Fielder works in real estate. He recently noticed something unusual in his community. The resident saw an unmarked van install something atop a long pole. He inspected the equipment and observed a logo. Afterward, he started his research. His rabbit hole discoveries are trending on X today. His post has over 5.7 million views, thousands of shares, and more than 1K comments. According to Fielder's cited research, Flock Safety has provided local law enforcement agencies across 47 states with vehicle monitoring equipment. The tech is posted wherever the client prefers and saves captured data for 30 days.
The ACLU has long criticized the use of Flock products. In an article posted last year, the group warned against communities opting into mass surveillance, citing possible Orwellian results:
"Such a system… allows big actors like federal agencies and large urban police departments to access the comings and goings of vehicles in even the smallest of towns. And every new customer that buys and installs the company's cameras extends Flock's network, contributing to the creation of a centralized mass surveillance system of Orwellian scope."
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Plug your EV into a charger and you also get probed
Double edged sword.
Great for catching criminals.
Terrible for public privacy.
Every time I go to Walgreens? Where’s my privacy?
What are they using this information for in states that have decided not to enforce their own laws? Like in some Florida counties?
I’ve seen the same in a demo, but from a different company.
It’s big brother for sure, then couple that with a tireless AI, privacy is dead. The NWO surveillance state has arrived.
Police on patrol are continuously scanning and running license plates (tags) to figure out who best to pull over for some Barbara Streisand “infraction”.
No wonder gays like them so much..........................
bkmk
bttt
Too late to complain.
People are being monitored all the time, via their phones and internet us, and via their intelligent TVs and via Alexa and via their connected vehicles.
People opted to get monitored everywhere, when the acquired all those devices, no questions asked.
To undo all of that monitoring, would be impossible now.
Cameras on poles along the roads, is just the tip of the iceberg.
People embracing the telescreen.
Every modern car with onstar,bluelink,Ford Sync does the same even if the service is turned off it’s hard wired to the ECU. I forget what Toyota calls their’s it was active in the last three leased Camry, Prius and Camry hybrids I had all 2020+ models in that case. Every single one of those report back to the mothership a host of data regardless of if the pay by the month service is turned on. Starting in 2026 this is mandatory in all vehicles regardless of power source. The blackbox also must contain a soft stop ability for law enforcement agencies to end a police chase with this is federal law no state may opt out.
I was thinking this would also be a great anti protester fixer.
I see your point!!
Flock Safety was founded in 2017.
Interesting timing.
Tow trucks and fleet vehicles, too.
These have been around at least 10 years from many companies. Most any sizeable town or city has them, mobile and/or stationary.
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