Flock Cameras Threaten Privacy

Flock Safety's network of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras has expanded rapidly across the United States, with the company saying its technology is now used by thousands of law enforcement agencies and communities nationwide, according to an article in Newsweek.

Privacy-focused mapping site FlockHopper, which tracks Flock and other ALPR cameras, currently identifies more than 120,000 camera locations across the U.S., showing the sheer scale of the growing surveillance network.

But as the network grows, so too does resistance from privacy advocates, civil liberties groups and some local residents, with critics arguing that the cameras constitute intrusive mass surveillance.

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