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Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don't
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Flock Cameras provide vehicle tracking capability across American roads, drawing law enforcement adoption while generating citizen opposition.
Engineers may be asked to build, integrate, or secure systems like Flock, where technical capability outpaces social acceptance. The divide between police enthusiasm and public resistance signals that deployment will face contested environments, affecting design and rollout decisions.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
Flock Cameras enable vehicle tracking at a scale described as covering every car in America.
Law enforcement agencies are adopting the technology.
Citizens are opposing the surveillance implications of widespread vehicle tracking.
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