Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network

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

One of the nation’s largest providers of automated license plate readers is making changes to its platform intended to quell privacy concerns and address documented abuses of its system by some members of law enforcement

Amid public backlash, surveillance tech company Flock announces platform changes  AP News

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

CEO Garrett Langley pushed back against a “misconception that we are some evil entity that has these diabolical plans.”

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

Leonardo already counts government agencies and border security amongst its customer base.

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

Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools.

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