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Surveillance: What Fleets Of Flock Cameras Mean For American Privacy

Donnerstag, 3. September 2026 · 43 min

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If you’ve driven on any road in the U.S. lately, chances are your license plate has been captured by a Flock camera. (bbc.com/future/article/20260902-how-to-watch-t…)

Flock lets police around the country track your car. The company’s cameras can even help determine whether you’ve committed a crime. Now, it’s is facing big time backlash for what critics call excessive surveillance. (yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/flock-cameras…)

What does widespread deployment of license plate readers on U.S. roads means for our privacy? (wusa9.com/video/news/police/dumfries-pauses-ro…)

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