Flock adds safeguards to licence-plate readers after wave of stalking cases

US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.

A company that operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers and other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day is making changes to its platform

Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network  AP News

From wrongful arrests to officers stalking exes, license plate cameras keep exposing police failures.

They were involved in incidents tracking people with whom they had a “personal relationship".

The former Bibb County deputies were arrested this week amid a growing national debate over Flock cameras, which can be found on roads in every state but Alaska.

The rise of public surveillance has also led to the rise of an adversarial counterpart: fashion designed to confuse AI security cameras. It’s designed to baffle the senses of Axon body cams, Flock cameras, and other tools of mass surveillance through tricks like patterns that AI sensors confuse for animals, objects, or

SignalTrace, a system marketed by the security company Leonardo, is designed to work alongside automatic license plate readers.

License plate readers like this one could soon be joined by sensors that detect phones inside passing cars. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings. As it passes by a license plate reader, the camera records the car, which can be linked through vehicle re