The Dark Side of Smart Streets: Flock's Surveillance Empire Under Fire The quiet revolution in urban surveillance has been gaining momentum for years, with cities installing increasingly sophisticated systems to monitor and manage their streets.
However, beneath this high tech makeover lies a more insidious reality: the unregulated collection and sharing of personal data on an unprecedented scale.
Flock Safety, a company at the forefront of this trend, has installed its automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras in over 120,000 locations across the US.