Flock Safety: The Surveillance State Has a Logo
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A camera that helps recover a stolen car can also help someone follow a person who hasn’t committed a crime. What happens when those cameras become a network—and the people searching its records are nowhere near your town?
I found my way into that question through a job posting. The responsibilities lined up remarkably well with the work I wanted to do next. There was only one problem: the company was Flock Safety.
In this episode of R: On Everything, I examine how automated license plate readers turn ordinary driving into searchable observations, why “I’m not doing anything…
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