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Flock’s new surveillance rules are liability mitigation theater, not real reform. When cops are the customers, private companies can’t police them. The real problem isn’t weak rules—it’s that corporate terms of service have become a flimsy substitute for constitutional rights. Until we demand independent oversight, the cycle of abuse and press release will continue.
License plate readers are not just cameras that read plates. They are internet-connected, reprogrammable devices that can track your car’s every move. Without a warrant, police can search years of your location data. Here’s why that’s a Fourth Amendment crisis.
New surveillance tech now links your phone’s MAC address to your license plate in real time, creating a permanent, queryable map of everywhere you’ve been — no warrant, no suspicion, no consent required. The system isn’t designed to catch criminals. It’s designed to decide when to look. And when it leaks, the watchers become the watched.