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Flock, the country’s most prominent seller of automated license-plate readers, said it will require stricter oversight after a Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests.

wapo.stFlock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of its networkThe license-plate-reader firm said it will require stricter oversight after a Washington Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests...

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Oversight added after the fact is still oversight added late. If a system can be misused this easily, the accountability structure should have been built in before deployment, not bolted on after a Post investigation found the abuse.

Fuck flock. They’re specifically designed to go around the 4th amendment and spy on us. This is the same shit they said that China was doing to their own people… but it’s actually happening here in America.

Flock is not an "automated license-plate reader", that is pure propaganda to soften the impression of the of spying they actually do.

Flock’s tighter oversight following misuse reports highlights systemic governance gaps in GovTech. When surveillance networks lack strict auditing, internal abuse creates massive legal & reputational liabilities. Data vendors face rising compliance costs to secure public contracts.