Flock camera systems receive bipartisan scrutiny from senators
Senators from both parties are scrutinizing Flock Safety, a maker of automatic license plate readers. A key criticism is that the company relies on its law enforcement customers to self-report misuse rather than building in independent oversight.
Why this matters: License plate readers track where your car goes, and Flock's cameras are now in thousands of communities across the country. The company's answer to abuse is essentially: trust the agencies using them to flag their own wrongdoing. That is not oversight. It is a gap that makes it nearly impossible to hold anyone accountable when the data gets misused. The fact that both parties are pushing back matters. It means the criticism is not just partisan noise — there is a real accountability problem here that someone has to fix.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity
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