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  1. Coalition Urges #California to Revoke Permits for Federal #LicensePlateReader #Surveillance

    California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as #Customs and #Border Patrol ( #CBP ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration ( #DEA ) to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( @eff ) and #ImperialValley Equity & Justice ( #IVEJ ) demanded today.
    #privacy #alpr

    eff.org/press/releases/coaliti

  2. Article from Colorado:

    Frequent immigration-related searches of Denver Flock camera data revealed in logs

    Searchers from law enforcement agencies across the country often entered ‘ICE’ as reason for access

    "...Data collected by Flock Safety license plate readers across Denver was accessed in immigration-related national searches more than 1,400 times between June 2024 and April 2025, according to audit logs that Newsline obtained from the Denver Police Department. ..."

    coloradonewsline.com/2025/08/0

    #flock #alpr #licenseplatereader #privacy #ice #fascism

  3. "Data from a license plate-scanning tool that is primarily marketed as a surveillance solution for small towns to combat crimes like car jackings or finding missing people is being used by ICE, according to data reviewed by 404 Media. Local police around the country are performing lookups in Flock’s AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for “immigration” related searches and as part of other ICE investigations, giving federal law enforcement side-door access to a tool that it currently does not have a formal contract for.

    The massive trove of lookup data was obtained by researchers who asked to remain anonymous to avoid potential retaliation and shared with 404 Media. It shows more than 4,000 nation and statewide lookups by local and state police done either at the behest of the federal government or as an “informal” favor to federal law enforcement, or with a potential immigration focus, according to statements from police departments and sheriff offices collected by 404 Media."

    404media.co/ice-taps-into-nati

    #USA #Surveillance #Immigration #PoliceState #ICE #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

  4. The Flock Safety Camera solution contains a camera for License Plate Reading and cellular radio to transmit that photo to a central side server...

    With it also including WiFi/BT radios - there is no reason to NOT think it is also listening / monitoring for devices probing/broadcasting WiFi/BTLE beacons or data.

    cehrp.org/dissection-of-flock-

    #Privacy #TearDown #Flock #FlockSafety #LicensePlateReader #LPR

  5. #USA #Surveillance #LicensePlateReader #Privacy: "Lakeway is just one example of a community that has faced Flock’s surveillance without many homeowners’ knowledge or approval. Neighbors in Atlanta, Georgia, remained in the dark for a year after cameras were put up. In Lake County, Florida, nearly 100 cameras went up “overnight like mushrooms,” according to one county commissioner — without a single permit.

    In a statement, Flock Safety brushed off the Lake County incident as an “an honest misunderstanding,” but the increasing surveillance of community members’ movements across the country is no accident. It’s a deliberate marketing strategy.

    Flock Safety, which began as a startup in 2017 in Atlanta and is now valued at approximately $3.5 billion, has targeted homeowners associations, or HOAs, in partnership with police departments, to become one of the largest surveillance vendors in the nation. There are key strategic reasons that make homeowners associations the ideal customer. HOAs have large budgets — they collect over $100 billion a year from homeowners — and it’s an opportunity for law enforcement to gain access into gated, private areas, normally out of their reach."

    theintercept.com/2023/03/22/ho

  6. The danger of license plate readers in post-Roe America - Enlarge / A license plate reader in California. (credit: Gado | Getty I... - arstechnica.com/?p=1865115 #licenseplatereaders #licenseplatereader #surveillance #roev.wade #privacy #policy