Coalition Urges #California to Revoke Permits for Federal #LicensePlateReader #Surveillance

California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as #Customs and #Border Patrol ( #CBP ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration ( #DEA ) to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( @eff ) and #ImperialValley Equity & Justice ( #IVEJ ) demanded today.
#privacy #alpr

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/coalition-urges-california-revoke-permits-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance

From AP News - Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
US #BorderPatrol is feeding info to local sheriffs and police, based on license plate readers fed into an algorithm that flags "suspicious" travel. Bonus - K-9 showing a good response when cued.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQxw9fhmBv4 (8 minutes)
#LPR #LicensePlateReader #BigBrother #Surveillance #Texas #ACAB

"Data from a license plate-scanning tool that is primarily marketed as a surveillance solution for small towns to combat crimes like car jackings or finding missing people is being used by ICE, according to data reviewed by 404 Media. Local police around the country are performing lookups in Flock’s AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for “immigration” related searches and as part of other ICE investigations, giving federal law enforcement side-door access to a tool that it currently does not have a formal contract for.

The massive trove of lookup data was obtained by researchers who asked to remain anonymous to avoid potential retaliation and shared with 404 Media. It shows more than 4,000 nation and statewide lookups by local and state police done either at the behest of the federal government or as an “informal” favor to federal law enforcement, or with a potential immigration focus, according to statements from police departments and sheriff offices collected by 404 Media."

https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/

#USA #Surveillance #Immigration #PoliceState #ICE #ALPR #LicensePlateReader

The Flock Safety Camera solution contains a camera for License Plate Reading and cellular radio to transmit that photo to a central side server...

With it also including WiFi/BT radios - there is no reason to NOT think it is also listening / monitoring for devices probing/broadcasting WiFi/BTLE beacons or data.

https://www.cehrp.org/dissection-of-flock-safety-camera/

#Privacy #TearDown #Flock #FlockSafety #LicensePlateReader #LPR

Fugitive arrested on Crandon, linked to custody dispute :

It was the second time in a week Key Biscayne police were involved in apprehending a fugitive.

#anklemonitor #arrest #battery #bracelet #CrandonBoulevard #electronicmonitoring #fugitive #KBPD #licenseplatereader #MavicaMildredRodriguez #Miami #MiamiDadePolice

https://kbindependent.org/2023/05/16/fugitive-arrested-on-crandon-linked-to-custody-dispute/

#USA #Surveillance #LicensePlateReader #Privacy: "Lakeway is just one example of a community that has faced Flock’s surveillance without many homeowners’ knowledge or approval. Neighbors in Atlanta, Georgia, remained in the dark for a year after cameras were put up. In Lake County, Florida, nearly 100 cameras went up “overnight like mushrooms,” according to one county commissioner — without a single permit.

In a statement, Flock Safety brushed off the Lake County incident as an “an honest misunderstanding,” but the increasing surveillance of community members’ movements across the country is no accident. It’s a deliberate marketing strategy.

Flock Safety, which began as a startup in 2017 in Atlanta and is now valued at approximately $3.5 billion, has targeted homeowners associations, or HOAs, in partnership with police departments, to become one of the largest surveillance vendors in the nation. There are key strategic reasons that make homeowners associations the ideal customer. HOAs have large budgets — they collect over $100 billion a year from homeowners — and it’s an opportunity for law enforcement to gain access into gated, private areas, normally out of their reach."

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/22/hoa-surveillance-license-plate-police-flock/