Where is Judge Sooknanan when there Is a Real Privacy Issue?
Americans even in rural towns are saying they are under surveillance by Flock Cameras
“I pass 8 Flock cameras on the way to my kids’ school — 2 stoplights, but 8 Flock cameras. I live in a rural county. I’m passing more surveillance cameras than I am businesses. That’s insane”
“So yeah, surveillance state coming to a rural county near you”
This is the surveillance state being established
Many people think there are just a few flock cameras being put up in counties, but that’s not the case. The amount of cameras would shock you
Harris County Sheriff’s Office has access to 480 Flock cameras
The greater Houston area has nearly 3,800 Flock cameras installed across the region
This is mass surveillance
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Flock Safety cameras are automated license plate readers (ALPR) that capture still images of vehicles on public roadways to identify license plates, make, model, and color. These solar-powered, pole-mounted devices are designed to provide investigative leads for law enforcement by scanning for stolen vehicles or those linked to alerts like AMBER alerts, rather than functioning as general-purpose surveillance or facial recognition systems.
The system operates by uploading encrypted data to a central cloud server, where it is cross-referenced against national and local crime databases. Data retention is typically limited to 30 days before automatic deletion, unless required otherwise by local law, though critics argue the network’s ability to track vehicle movements across jurisdictions raises significant privacy and security concerns.
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There are approximately 80,000 to 100,000 Flock Safety cameras currently deployed across the United States.
Key details:
Network Scale: The system operates in over 5,000 communities across 49 states, scanning more than 20 billion license plates monthly.
Visibility: A crowdsourced mapping project called DeFlock has identified nearly 90,000 ALPR cameras nationwide, though this includes devices from other vendors like Motorola.
Usage: Only a small fraction of scanned vehicles are connected to crime, and the technology faces growing pushback due to privacy concerns and warrantless surveillance capabilities.
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https://deflock.org/
