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A lawsuit in Norfolk, Virginia, reveals that Flock Safety's license plate cameras logged a resident's location 526 times over four months, raising concerns about mass surveillance and privacy violations, with critics arguing that such tracking without warrants infringes on Fourth Amendment rights.
A lawsuit in Norfolk, Virginia, reveals that Flock Safety's license plate cameras tracked two residents' locations hundreds of times over four months, raising concerns about mass surveillance and privacy violations under the Fourth Amendment. The case highlights the widespread use of ALPR technology by law enforcement and private entities, and ongoing debates about privacy rights and legal limits.
The Guardian's defence and security editor recounts the story of how the newspaper came to publish Edward Snowden's revelations about mass surveillance techniques and data gathering by intelligence agencies. The leak of tens of thousands of top-secret documents led to a small group of reporters and IT experts working in a special projects room, where they were advised they could be breaking the Official Secrets Act. The revelations were an inflection point, leading to a global debate about who gets to keep what information and for how long.