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How a US Federal Drug Program Built a National Surveillance Network
The constitutional question changes once a city’s modest camera network joins everyone else’s.
House Bill Would Ban Federal Use of Flock ALPR Data
The Ban Flock Act would restrict federal use of Flock ALPR data and automated license plate readers.
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The Senate's Look Inside America’s License Plate Surveillance Machine
The cameras promise smarter policing while building a map of American life.
Court Rules Your Phone Is Fair Game at the US Border
Your messages, medical records, and search history may now be part of the customs experience.
How Eight Car Photos Became a Test of Fourth Amendment Privacy
The ruling turns on scale: a handful of images is not yet a map of a person’s life.
Massie and Burlison Introduce Bill to Defund Flock Surveillance Cameras
Mass surveillance has found an unlikely congressional antagonist: a bill called Flock-Off.
Florida and Texas Move Against Flock License Plate Readers
Florida and Texas are putting the brakes on a system built to make every drive searchable.
Senate Probes Flock Safety Over 20 Billion Vehicle Scans
Josh Hawley wants to know what Flock Safety knows, and he has given the company twelve days to write it all down.
Flock Cameras Come to Norman, Despite Council Rejection
The council controls the police department. It does not control the sheriff, the commissioners, or the homeowners association on the other side of the fence.
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Total Coverage, Optional Oversight
Surveillance companies do not promise their systems will never be abused. They promise the abuse will be caught, which is a different promise and a much smaller one.
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The Streetlight With Half a Terabyte of Surveillance Storage Inside
The city council approved a lighting upgrade. What it got was 4,000 poles with an Intel processor and two cameras apiece, and nobody thought to ask which one they were voting on.
Wichita Machinist Sues City to Shut Down Flock License Plate Camera Network
The suit asks Kansas courts to read the state constitution as protecting more than the Fourth Amendment does.
