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License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

www.404media.co License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.

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This is the Peter Thiel world. Trump will die in his sleep of old age and one too many chicken nuggets, and Thiel’s puppet, Vance, will take over.

At which point all privacy will be off the table.
- Peter is a danger to all of humanity.
  
  All my commie friends should stop calling me a sovereign citizen wanna be for rolling without a plate now right?
the Flock employee described the sorts of information the company will supplement ALPR data with. The first is data breaches.

That illegal obtained data, so illegal to use. They just admit to crime?
We desperately need a law against the third party doctrine loophole for the 4th amendment.
A tragical traffical tragedy. Flock off!
Death to alprs
Hasn't that already been a thing for a long time now?
- Yes. Each state already has this data.
  
  Yeah but private enterprise didn't. And if commercial, Leo can buy it without a warrant
idcaboutprivacy
Here's a map showing the locations of this corporation's existing readers: DeFlock.me

It's operated by a group of privacy advocates and educators to spread awareness. Flock tried to use a bogus trademark claim to interfere with the project.

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