🇺🇸 Flock Safety reportedly stopped answering after an interview got uncomfortable The company, known for its automated license plate-reading cameras used by police and communities to track vehicles, faced questions from Brendan Keefe about its surveillance network. Keefe says P

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01 THE MACHINE READ

WHY IT MATTERS.

Surveillance-tech scrutiny raises reputational and regulatory risk for license-plate camera vendors.

Privacy backlash a slow risk for surveillance vendors

CATALYST TO WATCH

Regulatory inquiries or contract cancellations

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Private company, limited market read-through

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🇺🇸 Flock Safety reportedly stopped answering after an interview got uncomfortable The company, known for its automated license plate-reading cameras used by police and communities to track vehicles, faced questions from Brendan Keefe about its surveillance network. Keefe says PR staff interrupted twice, once over cameras at a Jewish Community Center and again during questions about multi-factor security, before Flock “effectively stopped responding to us.” As these cameras spread, the political fight is getting harder to avoid: where should public safety end and mass surveillance begin? Writer: Val https://t.co/vMyz2jxvbh

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