Electronic Frontier Foundation
“I think it’s startling to see how many data points just driving your car through one city can add up to,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told NBC News. “It’s still unnerving to get a real concrete idea how ALPRs are essentially mass surveillance.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/virginia-police-used-flock-cameras-track-driver-safety-lawsuit-surveil-rcna230399
Virginia police used Flock cameras to track driver 526 times in 4 months, lawsuit says

Lee Schmidt, a retired veteran, wanted to know more about the license plate cameras tracking him in Norfolk, Virginia, where he lives

NBC News
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Show threadJeffSep 18, 2025
@eff See also the community-sourced ALPR map at https://deflock.me/
DeFlock

Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.

Show threadVendettaSep 18, 2025

@eff Everything should stop calling them ALPR cameras because such description is factually wrong and minimises their invasiveness. From their FAQ, this is what info they collect and use to fingerprint vehicles:
"Flock Safety cameras apply machine learning to the footage they capture to identify important details that traditional LPR cameras overlook. Besides just a license plate number, Flock Safety captures and organizes vehicles into categories based on:

Make
Model
Color
Resident or non-resident vehicle
Timestamp
Type of plate (standard v. temporary)
Damage or alterations (i.e. broken taillight, after-market wheels)"

Flock cameras are essentially AI/Fingerprinting surveillance tool. License plates are a small fraction of what they collect and use to track vehicles. If cars had no license plates, they could still be uniquely identified.

#privacy