Local governments are pulling in opposite directions on license plate readers today, with Quincy and Simpsonville reconsidering their contracts while North Carolina just said yes to cameras on every state road. Meanwhile Asheville's claim that search data vanished is the kind of detail that should worry anyone asking who's watching the watchers.
- Quincy to stop using Flock cameras, switches to different license plate reader system Boston.com
Dropping Flock for another ALPR vendor isn't an exit from mass surveillance, just a change of logo on the same camera.
- North Carolina authorizes AI-powered license plate reader cameras on all state roads and highways The Daily Tar Heel
Statewide authorization means one bad policy now blankets every highway in North Carolina, with oversight an afterthought.
- Asheville police say Flock search data deleted 828 News Now
Deleted search data is either sloppy record-keeping or a convenient excuse, and the public deserves to know which.
- Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt Techdirt
Citizens calling out overreach in comment sections matters, but it's no substitute for lawmakers actually limiting these tools.
- Simpsonville council to discuss ending ALPR contracts WSPA 7News
Simpsonville council reopening the ALPR question is exactly the kind of local scrutiny these contracts rarely get.
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