Mass Surveillance - Automated License Plate Readers

[dukebound85]

Where I live, these ALPR devices have popped up everywhere. These devices, by Flock, are sold on the premise they help solve crimes but there are privacy concerns where it is conceivable that your every going is tracked and surveilled for any and all future purpose.

Has your community been impacted by these?

Here is a good ACLU article on these devices

How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers | ACLU

Even if you can’t stop Flock’s use entirely, you can still help protect civil liberties in your community.

www.aclu.org

 

[Eric]

Where I live, these ALPR devices have popped up everywhere. These devices, by Flock, are sold on the premise they help solve crimes but there are privacy concerns where it is conceivable that your every going is tracked and surveilled for any and all future purpose.

Has your community been impacted by these?

Here is a good ACLU article on these devices

How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers | ACLU

Even if you can’t stop Flock’s use entirely, you can still help protect civil liberties in your community.

www.aclu.org

I see them in a lot of middle/upper class neighborhoods strategically place at entry points and often crowd funded by neighbors. My personal take on it is it's out there for public eyes anyway so I don't worry about it much.

Even the most petty of thieves who burglarize homes use stolen cars or plates anyway so I'm not sure how much good they really do.