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A street intersection at dusk with traffic lights and parked vehicles, overlaid with glowing green rectangular frames around license plates, representing survei
AI Security

130,000 AI Cameras Are Reading Your Licence Plate Right Now

A private company called Flock Safety has blanketed the United States with AI-powered licence-plate readers, mostly for police use. Critics say the network has grown faster than the laws meant to govern it.

4 min read
A city street intersection with multiple surveillance cameras mounted on poles and buildings, with traffic and pedestrians moving below, showing the pervasive n
Policy & Regulation

Cities That Ditched Flock Cameras Are Still Under Surveillance

Activists who won fights against one licence-plate tracking company are discovering their local governments simply switched to a different vendor, and the cameras stayed up.

3 min read
Illustration: A sleek white automated licence-plate-reader camera mounted on a metal pole beside a quiet American suburban
Policy & Regulation

AI-Powered Street Cameras Are Quietly Building a National Surveillance Grid — And Some Cities Are Walking Away

Cameras made by Flock Safety scan licence plates and flag vehicles automatically. Critics say the resulting data is a federal immigration agency's dream. A growing number of communities are cancelling their contracts.

3 min read
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