20
Sep
2025
20
Sep
2025
License Plates
Local Family's Truck Cloned and Registered Out of State
An Orange County, FL family discovered their truck had been 'cloned' and registered in another state, preventing them from renewing their own registration. This highlights how criminals exploit insecure state vehicle databases, creating legal nightmares for innocent owners.
1 min read
19
Sep
2025
Parking
Watch Where You Park! NJ Towns Use 'SafetySticks' for Automated Parking Enforcement
Several New Jersey towns are using 'SafetySticks' for automated parking enforcement, mailing tickets to vehicle owners after capturing images of cars in no-parking zones. This raises privacy and due process concerns.
1 min read
19
Sep
2025
Surveillance
EFF, ACLU to SFPD: Stop Illegally Sharing Data With ICE and Anti-Abortion States
The EFF and ACLU demand the SFPD stop illegally sharing license plate reader (ALPR) data with ICE and out-of-state agencies, a violation of California law that endangers immigrants and abortion seekers.
1 min read
19
Sep
2025
Surveillance
Turn Your Flock Cameras Off
An opinion piece arguing that Colorado communities should disable their Flock Safety license plate reader networks. The author contends the mass surveillance system violates constitutional rights, aids controversial immigration enforcement, and chills free speech, outweighing any purported crime-fighting benefits.
1 min read
19
Sep
2025
18
Sep
2025
Surveillance
One Sleepy Virginia Town. Nearly 7 Million Hits on Its Surveillance Network
An investigation reveals how automatic license plate readers in a small Virginia town shared data on millions of vehicles with police nationwide, creating a vast surveillance network with little public oversight. A new state law now limits this practice.
1 min read
18
Sep
2025
Surveillance
Virginia Police Used Flock Cameras to Track Driver 526 Times in 4 Months, Lawsuit Says
A lawsuit in Norfolk, Virginia, reveals Flock Safety's license plate readers tracked one driver 526 times in four months, raising Fourth Amendment concerns about mass surveillance and the creation of a vast, searchable, nationwide location database used by police.
1 min read
16
Sep
2025