A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause.

A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause.

The legislation is part of a bipartisan backlash against a technology that has been abused by law enforcement.

Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.

Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.

Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal 'ghost gun.'

Professor Ferguson was the guest speaker at a session titled “Living at the Edge of Surveillance: What Your Devices - and Others - Know About You.”

During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.

Podcast Episode · Public Defenseless · September 24 · 1h 3m

The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.

The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.

Podcast Episode · Public Defenseless · September 24 · 1h 3m

In Cape May County, police stumped by the decades-old mystery of a missing 11-year-old boy turned to artificial intelligence to hunt for clues human detectives might have missed. In Trenton, an expand...

The University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings.

There's growing concern about automatic license plate readers, and there are ways to balance public safety and surveillance.

There's growing concern about automatic license plate readers, and there are ways to balance public safety and surveillance.

There's growing concern about automatic license plate readers, and there are ways to balance public safety and surveillance.

Opposition to data centers and Flock cameras tells us something important about why normalization isn’t inevitable, write Evan Selinger and Divya Ramjee.

YouTube video by Center for Humane Technology

On Constitution Day, a reminder that the supreme law of the land requires citizens' participation in order to remain strong

The president, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement,” said he supports it “because of law enforcement.”

The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.

Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.

The head of the police union is calling on the D.C. Council to regulate how the license-plate readers are used in the nation's capital.

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InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview.