How expanding web of license plate readers could be ‘weaponized’ against abortion
www.theguardian.com
Flock’s data can help police paint a detailed picture of the movements of specific vehicles, alarming abortion activists. Flock Safety, a rapidly expanding company that sells license plate readers to police and neighborhoods across the US, has an ambitious mission: to eliminate crime. “Flock’s missi
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- Flock’s data can help police paint a detailed picture of the movements of specific vehicles, alarming abortion activists.
- Flock Safety, a rapidly expanding company that sells license plate readers to police and neighborhoods across the US, has an ambitious mission: to eliminate crime.
- “Flock’s mission as a business is to eliminate crime,
- So it would be inaccurate to characterize Flock as being for or against any particular issue.
- License plate reader companies are just one of several tech companies that are facing scrutiny for the ways in which they provide data or technology to law enforcement seeking to prosecute abortion cases
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