{"id":8937,"date":"2026-06-28T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=8937"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:55:11","slug":"automated-license-plate-readers-and-flock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/automated-license-plate-readers-and-flock\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated License Plate Readers and FLOCK"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you aren’t familiar with “Flock” or “ALPR,” read this article. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2203000\/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I like the idea of cameras catching speeders. Albuquerque tried them a decade ago but the lawless bastards got them taken down. Now, they are back but it’s not just lawbreakers being recorded — everyone is.<\/p>\n

A recent article noted a new “speeding” camera near my home. What wasn’t noted is that it joins countless other cameras that I pass repeated throughout the week. Along with every other vehicle, my truck is in a ballooning database tracking all of my *innocent* movements. It’s not just “public safety.” This is Big Brother on the street. <\/p>\n

This is the area near my home:<\/p>\n

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This is a route I drive twice every weekend. Four cameras record me every time. <\/p>\n

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DeFlock An open-source project mapping license plate readers<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you aren’t familiar with “Flock” or “ALPR,” read this article. https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2203000\/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate\/ I like the idea of cameras catching speeders. Albuquerque tried them a decade ago but the lawless bastards got them taken down. Now, they are back but it’s not just lawbreakers being recorded — everyone is. A recent article noted a new “speeding” … Continue reading Automated License Plate Readers and FLOCK<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nada","category-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8944,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8937\/revisions\/8944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}