Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.
In many states such devices are illegal, so if you get caught with it on the road that’s probably a hefty ticket and maybe an arrest because they will assume it was meant for use in a crime.
Technically in public there is no presumption of privacy. What we need to do is end the third party loophole that allows the government to buy data on citizens without a warrant. And some additional legislation preventing companies from tracking anyone using any data without their permission.
In many states such devices are illegal, so if you get caught with it on the road that’s probably a hefty ticket and maybe an arrest because they will assume it was meant for use in a crime.
The crime of protecting your privacy.
Technically in public there is no presumption of privacy. What we need to do is end the third party loophole that allows the government to buy data on citizens without a warrant. And some additional legislation preventing companies from tracking anyone using any data without their permission.