US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance
The deputy ran the Flock search only because the car had a California plate. Flock says the ruling defies most courts and expects it to be overturned.
Via TNW | Privacy
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a deputy’s warrantless search of Flock’s licence plate reader network broke the US Constitution. In an order dated 1 October, Judge Sara Hill called the system “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance”. Jason Koebler of 404 Media first reported the ruling.
“It is a tool that collects information about all vehicles that pass by any network-connected camera at all times, and it serves up the information to law enforcement on demand,” Hill…
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