Electronic Frontier FoundationMay 26
An EFF analysis reveals a troubling pattern of mission creep with ALPRs. Without a warrant requirement, law enforcement agencies are shifting from using the technology for specific criminal investigations to using these surveillance networks for minor personal whims. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/more-license-plate-reader-mission-creep-school-residency-verification-background
More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency Verification, Background Checks, and Noise Complaints

An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in the absence of a warrant requirement to search ALPR databases, law enforcement agencies have moved beyond specific investigations to use these surveillance networks for virtually any whim.

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@eff in German, we'd say "Jevons, schau owa" ("Jevons, look down" (from your cloud)).
Apparently, if surveillance becomes cheaper, you also get more of that...
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