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ACLU Recommendations - staffny
Whether ALPRs are being used for Amber Alerts, toll collection, or to identify stolen vehicles, a license plate can be run against a watchlist in seconds. The p...

Police Have Reportedly Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 18 Times in Recent Years - Institute for Justice
This article was updated on May 28, 2026 Across the United States, communities are rethinking their use of Flock cameras and other automated license plate […]

‘No plate? No problem’: High-tech cameras capture more than license plates
Flock Safety’s high-tech cameras capture many identifying details about cars and other vehicles.
12 Commonsense Safeguards - staffny
Officers must list the law being violated, provide a case number, and explain the suspicion tied to a specific vehicle or plate. Limit use only to suspected fel...

Binghamton Flock License Plate Reader Foes Want Devices Turned Off
City councilmembers heard from several residents who expressed concerns about plate readers and police cameras around Binghamton.

Taking imagery of bike lanes at risk and using it to help fix bike parking
We took street-level imagery on Bloor St, Yonge St, University Ave, Queen’s Park Cres, and Avenue Rd to create a digital record of bike lanes at risk from Ontario Bill 212 and to help analyze…

Taking imagery of bike lanes at risk and using it to help fix bike parking
We took street-level imagery on Bloor St, Yonge St, University Ave, Queen’s Park Cres, and Avenue Rd to create a digital record of bike lanes at risk from Ontario Bill 212 and to help analyze and improve bike parking
Search warrant for Signal user data, Santa Clara County
Here we are in the second half of 2021, Signal still knows nothing about you, but the government keeps asking.

FLOCK Out
SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT MAKE US SAFER Flock is a surveillance company that sells Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) and partners with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and law enforcement to target people during immigration raids and to investigate people who travel for abortion care. Dozens of cities across the nation have already taken a stand […]

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Florida cops are quietly using Meta smart glasses
Privacy advocates warn the glasses could let cops record people without them noticing.

Taking imagery of bike lanes in Toronto: 60,000 photos later…
Imagery Update After a summer and fall of taking 360 imagery of bike lanes, I finished capturing street-level imagery of all the protected bike lanes in the City’s dataset. The last segment on November 8 was the final part of the new Harbord St bike lanes E of Grace St. So far, I’ve captured over…