The One Thing Everyone Can Agree On: Flock Has Got To Go

Summary

Like the data centers cropping up across the country, automated license plate readers (ALPRs) like Flock have inspired fierce bipartisan backlash. In the lead-up to today’s election, both Republicans and Democrats in battleground states like Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania have wooed voters by promising to place guardrails on unregulated surveillance technologies. After a summer of controversies—ranging from reports about police misusing ALPRs to stalk their exes to a report of cops tracking an abortion-seeker across state lines—communities are speaking out about the erosion of privacy and…

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