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DeFlock
An open-source project mapping license plate readers.

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#licenseplatereaders

Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency

https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/suburban-school-district-uses-license-plate-readers-to-verify-student-residency/3906703/

#HackerNews #SuburbanSchools #LicensePlateReaders #StudentResidency #PrivacyConcerns #TechInEducation

map purporting to show locations of federal license plate readers hidden in barrels and trailers in Southern California #ice #cbp #privacy #surveillance . #licenseplatereaders

https://maps.app.goo.gl/YYAnnz8TSVKKdwgD7?g_st=ic

Hello Mastodon! Deflock Broward here. We use public records to track license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance, then publish sources + plain-English explainers.

Starting with Weston: https://deflockbroward.org/weston

#DeflockBroward #Deflock #WestonFL #Broward #SouthFlorida #Florida #PublicRecords #SunshineLaw #OpenGovernment #Privacy #Surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReaders #FlockSafety

"Flagstaff, Ariz., Cambridge, Mass., Eugene, Ore. and Santa Cruz, Calif., are among a list of at least 30 localities that have either deactivated their Flock cameras or canceled their contracts since the beginning of 2025 – with much of the activity happening in just the last three months….Flock's #AI-powered cameras scan license plates as well as vehicles' identifying details….Santa Cruz was among a number of California cities that learned their local data had been shared with Flock's national network without city officials' knowledge or intent. It was alarming to some officials given that state laws forbid cities from sharing license plate data with federal or out-of-state agencies, or assisting federal immigration enforcement.” Report by Jude Joffe-Block for @npr
#NationalPublicRadio https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/nx-s1-5612825/flock-contracts-canceled-immigration-survillance-concerns

#immigration #surveillance #LicensePlateReaders #MontereyBay #SantaCruz

#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

KOB4: 4 Investigates: The push to regulate New Mexico’s mass surveillance tools

"...“I’ve just learned that we have had out of state entities and individuals who have been actually accessed license plate data for health care reasons for immigration issues, certainly not what this was ever intended to be used for,” Wirth said...."

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/4-investigates-the-push-to-regulate-new-mexicos-mass-surveillance-tools/

#alpr #licenseplatereaders #privacy #bigbrother

Controversial technology helped investigators track gunman in Brown University and MIT professor shootings

Public tips about a rental car and a controversial piece of technology helped investigators identify and track the…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #BrownUniversity #Headlines #licenseplatereaders #MIT #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/322853/