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California Cops Catch Jetta Driver With A Push-Button Plate Hider
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (59+ words) A black VW Jetta had a device capable of hiding its license plate, and CHP says the driver admitted exactly why...
Flock Cameras Are Under Fire, But The Private Networks You Can???t See May Be Worse
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1108+ words) Private license plate cameras can reveal where you are with zero public accountability You probably know if your insurance company is tracking your driving. Maybe you downloaded its app in exchange for a discount, plugged a device into your OBD-II…...
Your Phone May Rat You Out After A Crash, Even If The Cops Don't Realize It
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (20+ words) A new IIHS study shows safe-driving apps detect far more pre-crash phone use than police, raising some interesting privacy questions...
Darth Vader Tells San Diego Council The Empire Loves Its Flock Cameras
2+ week, 5+ day ago (337+ words) The Sith Lord crashed a San Diego council meeting to roast surveillance technology that has divided communities Public meetings aren’t usually a source of gripping entertainment, but San Diego councilors just got a visit from the Dark Side they won’t…...
After Super Speeders, Florida's Cops Are Now Cracking Down On Slow Drivers Too
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (17+ words) Orange County deputies are ticketing left-lane lingerers, raising a thorny question about speed, safety, and road design...
North Carolina Legalizes AI Plate Cameras On Nearly Every State Road
3+ week, 4+ day ago (148+ words) State and local agencies can now deploy license plate readers in North Carolina DOT rights-of-way permanently Read: EMT Fired For Disabling Ambulance Cameras She Says Secretly Recorded Patients, Sues Critics See A Wider Net “Mass surveillance systems rarely stay limited…...
Free Tool Tells You If Someone Ran Your Plate Through Flock, With One Big Catch
3+ week, 5+ day ago (17+ words) A new lookup tool exposes some Flock database searches, but incomplete records and new redactions limit accountability...
A Plate Reader Found Lapsed Insurance, The Cop Found 11 People Crammed In His Pathfinder
3+ week, 5+ day ago (16+ words) Police pulled over the Nissan Pathfinder after an alert from their Automatic License Plate Recognition system...
Flock Traffic Cameras Track Everything, Except The Cops Misusing Them
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) A Wisconsin police officer faces charges after allegedly misusing Flock license plate cameras, raising new concerns about abuse Proponents of surveillance cameras like those in the Flock Safety system often have a similar argument. They’ll say that for those with…...
Flock's Big Privacy Overhaul Comes Down To One Word Doing A Lot Of Work
4+ week, 1+ day ago (758+ words) Seven-day retention and automatic lockouts are steps forward, yet Flock’s new rules leave major questions unanswered Flock Safety is the nation’s largest automated licence plate reader (ALPR) company. After several misuse scandals surrounding its tech, it’s now launching new rules…...