your city sounds cool

What’s replacing them?

OSM FTW!

EDIT: I do get accused of frequent, excessive, obscure use of initialisms.

Open Street Maps - Our Street Maps, not goog, not apple

Flock is not the only brand of ALPR (Automatic License Plate Reader). Its the brand/company that is receiving the most negative press, which means other companies providing the same service are quietly sneaking into towns and cities.

If you drive in an area covered by an ALPR-networked camera, your vehicle’s movements may already be in a searchable database. As the tools for building these systems become more widely available, the pressure for clearer rules about who may collect vehicle-location data, on whom, and for how long is unlikely to ea

As always keep reaching out to your local city council to ask where are these cameras being installed, how long is the information being retained, who is accessing these systems, and who is keeping the individuals accessing these systems accountable?

The one with all the product placement on The Rookie, Axon? They need to go fuck themselves too.

deflock.org

Flock isn't the only entity operating security cameras and plate readers. How many non-Flock devices are being reported as Flock units?

You know what? I really like Benn Jordan's YouTube videos. Not sure what made me think of that. Guess I just wanted to share that fact.

The pretty common one is to have infrared LEDs shining on the plate. Humans can't see the light but cameras can and it blinds them. It's worth noting that it's illegal, and if the police catch you doing it they'll arrest you just for that. I'm not sure how much help that is, but then again, any technique that blocks the cameras from reading your plate is likely considered illegal.

The problem is that they don't just read the plates. They look at everything on the vehicle. Window stickers, license plate frames, cleanliness, scratches/dents, etc. Trying to disguise your plate will just make your vehicle more readily recognizable, and notify authorities that you have something to hide.

I'm pretty sure there are laws that specifically say if you do something to prevent your plate from being read by these devices it's illegal. But it wouldn't matter anyway. They track you based on more than your plate. They even track pedestrians by looking at their clothing and such.

James Bond style license plate flipper.

Tho I'd prefer the unreasonable EMP gun to disable the cameras. Someone get Q in here.

You cannot legally modify your license plate in any way, even if it leaves the number and stickers fully visible. I wonder if you couldn't do something to the area surrounding your license plate though to make the AI detection ignore your car/plates...