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#waleg update: SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act (regulating Flock and other ALPRs) has an exec session this morning in the Civil Rights & Judiciary committee. The hearing starts at 10:30 but there are several bills before 6002 so it's hard to predict the exact timing.
#waleg update: SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act (regulating Flock and other ALPRs) has an exec session this morning in the Civil Rights & Judiciary committee. The hearing starts at 10:30 but there are several bills before 6002 so it's hard to predict the exact timing.
Some cities are dumping Flock thanks in part to pressure from communities and Flock's own shady practices.
"many city officials have realized after the fact that they were sharing their data more broadly than they had known, and that federal agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, had searched their data." #flock #alpr #police #surveillance
Some cities are dumping Flock thanks in part to pressure from communities and Flock's own shady practices.
"many city officials have realized after the fact that they were sharing their data more broadly than they had known, and that federal agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, had searched their data." #flock #alpr #police #surveillance
Border Patrol hides license plate readers in barrels on roadways in San Diego and the Imperial Valley. California lets them. We should stop doing this. #ALPR #BorderPatrol https://www.eff.org/press/releases/coalition-urges-california-revoke-permits-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance
Border Patrol hides license plate readers in barrels on roadways in San Diego and the Imperial Valley. California lets them. We should stop doing this. #ALPR #BorderPatrol https://www.eff.org/press/releases/coalition-urges-california-revoke-permits-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance
"Who owns this network of secret license plate readers in San Diego and Imperial counties? "
https://inewsource.org/2026/02/11/hidden-license-plate-readers-san-diego-imperial/
#flock #alpr #licenseplates #sandiego #imperialcounty #fascism #privacy
"Who owns this network of secret license plate readers in San Diego and Imperial counties? "
https://inewsource.org/2026/02/11/hidden-license-plate-readers-san-diego-imperial/
#flock #alpr #licenseplates #sandiego #imperialcounty #fascism #privacy
NPR: Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
"...A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth.
At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer.
There were two problems. They didn’t have a charge, and he was the wrong man....."
NPR:"....“She's using the city's license plate readers not to combat a wave of armed robberies, but to track down the everyday movements of an everyday citizen who dared to write the Kansas City Star and express their opinion,” Rhodes said...."
#alpr #privacy #bigbrother #freespeech #licenseplatereaders #flock
NPR: "...“This is MYOC,” Laffey said.
In Lenexa police parlance, MYOC is shorthand for “make your own case.” With no arrest warrant for Ashworth, police were looking for any reason to stop him.
... Chief Schmitz described MYOC this way: “You need to build your own probable cause, your own reasonable suspicion. It's pretty much that, make your own case.”
Kubic, from the ACLU, is especially worried about that.
“The idea that you can essentially just make something up to throw against the wall and see if it sticks to be able to go after someone, is a really chilling and dangerous thing,” he said..."
NPR:"....“She's using the city's license plate readers not to combat a wave of armed robberies, but to track down the everyday movements of an everyday citizen who dared to write the Kansas City Star and express their opinion,” Rhodes said...."
#alpr #privacy #bigbrother #freespeech #licenseplatereaders #flock
NPR: Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
"...A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth.
At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer.
There were two problems. They didn’t have a charge, and he was the wrong man....."
NPR: "...“This is MYOC,” Laffey said.
In Lenexa police parlance, MYOC is shorthand for “make your own case.” With no arrest warrant for Ashworth, police were looking for any reason to stop him.
... Chief Schmitz described MYOC this way: “You need to build your own probable cause, your own reasonable suspicion. It's pretty much that, make your own case.”
Kubic, from the ACLU, is especially worried about that.
“The idea that you can essentially just make something up to throw against the wall and see if it sticks to be able to go after someone, is a really chilling and dangerous thing,” he said..."
ABC7: Mountain View suspends license plate readers; agencies accessed flock camera data without consent
"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Mountain View is shutting down their license plate reader system, for now.
City officials say an audit discovered that for several months in 2024 - multiple federal agencies accessed data from a Flock license plate reader...."
NPR: Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
"...A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas police patrol division was hunting Canyen Ashworth.
At 1:50 that afternoon, the department issued a BOLO — police shorthand for “be on the lookout” — for the 28-year-old information technology consultant and sometimes writer.
There were two problems. They didn’t have a charge, and he was the wrong man....."
ABC7: Mountain View suspends license plate readers; agencies accessed flock camera data without consent
"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Mountain View is shutting down their license plate reader system, for now.
City officials say an audit discovered that for several months in 2024 - multiple federal agencies accessed data from a Flock license plate reader...."
#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed
Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer
