Inside #Uzbekistan 's nationwide license plate #surveillance system | TechCrunch

We know this because the country’s sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left #exposed to the internet.

#Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a #password , allowing anyone access to the data within. It’s not clear how long the system has been public
#alpr #privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system/

Inside #Uzbekistan 's nationwide license plate #surveillance system | TechCrunch

We know this because the country’s sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left #exposed to the internet.

#Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a #password , allowing anyone access to the data within. It’s not clear how long the system has been public
#alpr #privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system/

A remarkable outcome for a large group of local Colorado activists last night. In Longmont, a Denver suburb northeast of Boulder, more than 50 people testified last night to city council (and more than 90 people came to the council meeting) about their pending renewal of a contract with Flock, the ALPR company that has been under fire for its surveillance capitalism. DeFlock Longmont, the group that organized the public comment scrum, won a victory when city council voted not to renew the contract at the end of the hours-long meeting.

Public comment was at times serious and other times silly, but unanimous in opposition to the city renewing their contract. Public safety officials, including the chief of Longmont Police, testified after the public comment period that the Flock cameras had been instrumental in stopping a number of dangerous incidents and arresting people who committed violent crimes.

I hope you're following this, @404mediaco because we are not going to stop with just this one city.

Read the story here:

https://yellowscene.com/2025/12/10/longmont-residents-win-fight-against-ai-surveillance/

edit: added BRL story:

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/12/11/longmont-halts-flock-license-plate-reader-data-sharing-and-weighs-ending-contract-as-boulder-plans-to-renew/

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj3UlteWHE

#COpolitics #Colorado #Longmont #Flock #ALPR #resistance

Pump the Brakes: Regulating License Plate Readers -- a webinar from ACLU of Washington next Wednesday (December 10), 5:30-6:30 pm Pacific Standard time (UTC -8)

"In this webinar, we'll discuss how ALPRs work, why the lack of regulation threatens our civil rights and enables federal overreach, and how you can take action to fight back.

https://www.aclu-wa.org/event/pump-the-brakes-regulating-license-plate-readers/

#alpr #flock

A remarkable outcome for a large group of local Colorado activists last night. In Longmont, a Denver suburb northeast of Boulder, more than 50 people testified last night to city council (and more than 90 people came to the council meeting) about their pending renewal of a contract with Flock, the ALPR company that has been under fire for its surveillance capitalism. DeFlock Longmont, the group that organized the public comment scrum, won a victory when city council voted not to renew the contract at the end of the hours-long meeting.

Public comment was at times serious and other times silly, but unanimous in opposition to the city renewing their contract. Public safety officials, including the chief of Longmont Police, testified after the public comment period that the Flock cameras had been instrumental in stopping a number of dangerous incidents and arresting people who committed violent crimes.

I hope you're following this, @404mediaco because we are not going to stop with just this one city.

Read the story here:

https://yellowscene.com/2025/12/10/longmont-residents-win-fight-against-ai-surveillance/

edit: added BRL story:

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/12/11/longmont-halts-flock-license-plate-reader-data-sharing-and-weighs-ending-contract-as-boulder-plans-to-renew/

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj3UlteWHE

#COpolitics #Colorado #Longmont #Flock #ALPR #resistance

Automated license plate reader coverage in the USA

https://alpranalysis.com

#HackerNews #Automated #License #Plate #Readers #ALPR #USA #Privacy #Tech #Innovation

Pump the Brakes: Regulating License Plate Readers -- a webinar from ACLU of Washington next Wednesday (December 10), 5:30-6:30 pm Pacific Standard time (UTC -8)

"In this webinar, we'll discuss how ALPRs work, why the lack of regulation threatens our civil rights and enables federal overreach, and how you can take action to fight back.

https://www.aclu-wa.org/event/pump-the-brakes-regulating-license-plate-readers/

#alpr #flock

EFF: How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists

#alpr #surveillance #privacy #fascism

EFF: How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists

#alpr #surveillance #privacy #fascism

New EFF data shows police, and even Border Patrol, used Flock ALPR cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times over the past year. Searches were tagged “protest,” “No Kings,” deportation-raid actions, May Day rallies, and more.

https://www.404media.co/cops-used-flock-to-monitor-no-kings-protests-around-the-country/

#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock

AP: Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

"...The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going and which route they took. ..."

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd

#ALPR #privacy #Fascism #ICE #bigbrother

How Cops Are Using Flock's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists

#HackerNews #Cops #Surveillance #Flock #ALPR #Activism #Privacy