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Find XO: Court Rules Flock License Plate Searches Constitute Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance (techcrunch.com)

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- An Oklahoma state court ruled that searching for a woman's license plate in the Flock Safety database without a warrant violates the constitution's 4 article. - Judge Sarah Hill pointed out that the Flock system indiscriminately collects location data for all vehicles and stores it long-term, which amounts to mass surveillance. - This ruling is a rare instance where a federal court has deemed Flock searches unconstitutional, though it currently has no legal binding force. - Flock technology is facing suspension movements in several states including Florida and Texas, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed legislation to ban federal agencies' use of automatic license plate readers.
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It is striking that the court warned about systems like Flock Safety, which indiscriminately collect vehicle location data over long periods, citing concerns over personal privacy infringement. The judge pointed out the issue with searching license plates purely based on external numbers without prior warrants. This case highlights the need to establish detailed standards for how to strictly apply criteria in actual police field activities. However, since this ruling is not yet binding, we need to closely watch how other district courts or federal appellate courts interpret it going forward.
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